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The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Lao PDR's gdp annual growth rate stands at 1.32% as of 2025-12-31, down from 1.36% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1961 to 2025 (65 observations).
In 2025, Lao PDR's gdp annual growth rate was 1.32%, down from 1.36% in 2024.
In 2024, Lao PDR's gdp annual growth rate was 1.36%, down from 1.39% in 2023.
In 2023, Lao PDR's gdp annual growth rate was 1.39%, down from 1.41% in 2022.
In 2022, Lao PDR's gdp annual growth rate was 1.41%, down from 1.44% in 2021.
In 2021, Lao PDR's gdp annual growth rate was 1.44%, down from 1.49% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.32% | -0.0385% |
| 2024 | 1.36% | -0.034% |
| 2023 | 1.39% | -0.0173% |
| 2022 | 1.41% | -0.0317% |
| 2021 | 1.44% | -0.052% |
| 2020 | 1.49% | -0.0324% |
| 2019 | 1.53% | -0.028% |
| 2018 | 1.55% | -0.0165% |
| 2017 | 1.57% | +0.0071% |
| 2016 | 1.56% | +0.1048% |
| 2015 | 1.46% | +0.0796% |
| 2014 | 1.38% | -0.0288% |
| 2013 | 1.41% | -0.0198% |
| 2012 | 1.43% | -0.0208% |
| 2011 | 1.45% | -0.0238% |
| 2010 | 1.47% | -0.024% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | -0.0237% |
| 2008 | 1.52% | -0.0285% |
| 2007 | 1.55% | -0.0353% |
| 2006 | 1.58% | +0.0745% |
| 2005 | 1.51% | +0.0509% |
| 2004 | 1.46% | -0.0817% |
| 2003 | 1.54% | -0.0666% |
| 2002 | 1.61% | -0.0421% |
| 2001 | 1.65% | -0.0306% |
| 2000 | 1.68% | -0.0685% |
| 1999 | 1.75% | -0.1036% |
| 1998 | 1.85% | -0.2344% |
| 1997 | 2.09% | -0.2458% |
| 1996 | 2.33% | -0.1371% |
| 1995 | 2.47% | -0.1472% |
| 1994 | 2.62% | -0.0978% |
| 1993 | 2.71% | -0.0557% |
| 1992 | 2.77% | -0.0472% |
| 1991 | 2.82% | -0.0295% |
| 1990 | 2.85% | -0.0193% |
| 1989 | 2.87% | +0.001% |
| 1988 | 2.86% | +0.022% |
| 1987 | 2.84% | +0.0283% |
| 1986 | 2.81% | +0.0447% |
| 1985 | 2.77% | +0.0709% |
| 1984 | 2.7% | +0.0954% |
| 1983 | 2.6% | +0.1558% |
| 1982 | 2.45% | +0.2226% |
| 1981 | 2.22% | +0.2499% |
| 1980 | 1.97% | +0.2099% |
| 1979 | 1.76% | +0.0852% |
| 1978 | 1.68% | -0.0688% |
| 1977 | 1.75% | -0.2076% |
| 1976 | 1.96% | -0.2566% |
| 1975 | 2.21% | -0.1694% |
| 1974 | 2.38% | -0.0483% |
| 1973 | 2.43% | +0.0083% |
| 1972 | 2.42% | +0.0188% |
| 1971 | 2.4% | +0.0246% |
| 1970 | 2.38% | +0.027% |
| 1969 | 2.35% | +0.0206% |
| 1968 | 2.33% | +0.028% |
| 1967 | 2.3% | +0.0193% |
| 1966 | 2.28% | +0.0117% |
| 1965 | 2.27% | +0.0181% |
| 1964 | 2.25% | -0.0243% |
| 1963 | 2.28% | -0.0053% |
| 1962 | 2.28% | +0.033% |
| 1961 | 2.25% | — |
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Lao PDR's gdp annual growth rate is 1.32% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 1.36% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 2.87% (1989); the lowest is 1.32% (2025), across data from 1961 to 2025.
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