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The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Lao PDR's inflation rate stands at 7.74% as of 2025-12-31, down from 23.13% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1989 to 2025 (37 observations).
In 2025, Lao PDR's inflation rate was 7.74%, down from 23.13% in 2024.
In 2024, Lao PDR's inflation rate was 23.13%, down from 31.23% in 2023.
In 2023, Lao PDR's inflation rate was 31.23%, up from 22.96% in 2022.
In 2022, Lao PDR's inflation rate was 22.96%, up from 3.76% in 2021.
In 2021, Lao PDR's inflation rate was 3.76%, down from 5.1% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.74% | -15.39% |
| 2024 | 23.13% | -8.1% |
| 2023 | 31.23% | +8.27% |
| 2022 | 22.96% | +19.2% |
| 2021 | 3.76% | -1.35% |
| 2020 | 5.1% | +1.78% |
| 2019 | 3.32% | +1.28% |
| 2018 | 2.04% | +1.21% |
| 2017 | 0.8255% | -0.7714% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | +0.3196% |
| 2015 | 1.28% | -2.85% |
| 2014 | 4.13% | -2.24% |
| 2013 | 6.37% | +2.12% |
| 2012 | 4.26% | -3.31% |
| 2011 | 7.57% | +1.59% |
| 2010 | 5.98% | +5.84% |
| 2009 | 0.1412% | -7.49% |
| 2008 | 7.63% | +2.97% |
| 2007 | 4.66% | -1.88% |
| 2006 | 6.55% | -0.6198% |
| 2005 | 7.17% | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 10.46% | -5.03% |
| 2003 | 15.49% | +4.86% |
| 2002 | 10.63% | +2.82% |
| 2001 | 7.81% | -17.27% |
| 2000 | 25.08% | -100.19% |
| 1999 | 125.27% | +34.29% |
| 1998 | 90.98% | +63.47% |
| 1997 | 27.51% | +14.48% |
| 1996 | 13.02% | -6.57% |
| 1995 | 19.59% | +12.81% |
| 1994 | 6.78% | +0.5173% |
| 1993 | 6.27% | -3.6% |
| 1992 | 9.86% | -3.58% |
| 1991 | 13.44% | -22.2% |
| 1990 | 35.64% | -25.69% |
| 1989 | 61.33% | — |
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Lao PDR's inflation rate is 7.74% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 23.13% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 125.27% (1999); the lowest is 0.1412% (2009), across data from 1989 to 2025.
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