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Laos AI Report

Date: December 20, 2025

Laos is a mid-size country with 0.1% of the world's population. Laos is a monarchy country. It has 3 world heritage sites.

Laos is the 102^nd ranked country in population and 74^th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world. Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Teachers in primary edu.

GDP Per Capita (USD)

Literacy Rate (%)

Potatoes prod.

Out of 195 countries in the world, Laos is the 37^th worst ranked in Teachers in primary edu. . This may indicate that the investment by the country in primary education is lesser when compared to other countries.

Laos is the 46^th worst ranked in GDP Per Capita (USD) out of all the 195 countries.This implies that this country is a developing country.

The Average Literacy Rate (%) of 195 countries in the world is 86. Laos is the 56^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This indicates that the educational infrastructure in this country is worse than it is in other countries.

Out of 195 countries in the world, Laos is the 61^st worst ranked in Potatoes prod. . This is indicative of less focus on the production of potatoes, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.

Culture

Nature

Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	1	1128
2	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	42	1129
Below World Average
1	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	154	1233
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1233
3	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1235
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1233
5	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	65	1230
6	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	120	1235
7	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	108	1232
8	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	97	1234
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	80	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Lao	# People	108,471	2	1130
2	Lao as a % of total Lao speakers	% People	0	2	1127
3	Khmer	# People	90,205	3	1129
4	Thai	# People	204,841	3	1130
5	Khmer as a % of total Khmer speakers	% People	0	3	1126
6	Thai as a % of total Thai speakers	% People	0	3	1129
Below World Average
1	Standard Chinese	# People	6,821,357	32	1234
2	English	# People	3,175,743	27	1233
3	French	# People	596,219	23	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	3	1128
2	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	4	1127
3	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	4	1126
4	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	85	1130
Below World Average
1	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	173	1231
2	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	170	1232
3	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	170	1231
4	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	165	1231
5	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	153	1232
6	Unemployment Rate.	% People	7	133	1232
7	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	127	1230
8	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	127	1232
9	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	125	1232
10	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	108	1230
11	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	96	1232
12	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	77	1235
13	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	47	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	7	1127
2	Buddhist Population	# People	1,911,974	11	1126
3	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	11	1125
Below World Average
1	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	165	1235
2	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	184	1231
3	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	93	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	19	1127
Below World Average
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	137	1232
2	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	127	1231
3	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	90	1233
4	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	18	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	31	25	1129
2	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	31	25	1130
3	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	24	62	1127
Below World Average
1	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	185	1233
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	32	168	1232
3	LinkedIn users	# People	6,652,451	142	1233
4	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	134	1231
5	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	69	127	1230
6	Instagram Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	125	1233
7	Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	16	125	1235
8	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	14	117	1232
9	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	12	115	1230
10	Instagram Users	Absolute	3,609,530	100	1233
11	Instagram Users as a % of Total Instagram Users	% People	0	97	1231
12	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	% People	0	90	1231
13	Twitter users	# People	2,908,615	97	1232
14	Internet Users	# People	28,115,900	96	1231
15	Facebook users	# People	6,739,260	58	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	25	1126
Below World Average
1	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	63	1235
2	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	63	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Tree density.	Density	22,685	26	1126
2	Tree density .	Density	828	29	1127
Below World Average
1	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	151	1232
2	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	135	1234
3	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	107	1233
4	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	110	1235
5	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	95	1235
6	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	97	1231
7	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	81	1230
8	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	81	1231
9	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	74	1235
10	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	75	1230
11	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	70	1232
12	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	62	1233
13	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	62	1232
14	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	50	1230
15	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	48	1231
16	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	42	1230
17	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	41	1230
18	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	41	1233
19	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	38	1232
20	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	37	1231
21	Rice prod.	Tons	5,090,580	21	1233
22	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	20	1233
23	Iron Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	33,258	21	1230
24	Iron Production (% of Total Iron Production)	Percent	2	21	1233
25	Coal Production (% of Total Coal Production)	Percent	1	19	1234
26	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	19	1230
27	Tin prod.	Tons	23,069	13	1232
28	Tin Produced/Total Tin Produced in 2019	Weight	7	13	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	71	1129
Below World Average
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	140	1230
2	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	102	1233
3	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	102	1233
4	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	102	1233
5	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	94	1232
6	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	56	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	171	1231
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	127	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	88,812	159	1231
2	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	139	1231
3	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	115	1232
4	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	110	1234
5	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	107	1235
6	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	100	1230
7	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	99	1230
8	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	98	1231
9	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	91	1231
10	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,858,694	89	1231
11	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	87	1233
12	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	87	1234
13	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	86	1231
14	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	74	1234
15	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	68	1234
16	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	56	1233
17	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	44	1233
18	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	4,946,299	38	1231
19	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	34	1234
20	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	5,059,423	16	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	134	1234
2	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	6,447	150	1230
3	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	130	1235
4	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	597	134	1233
5	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,228	127	1231
6	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	67	1230
7	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	67	1234

Language

Official Language:
1. Lao : 4,351,000
2. Khmer : 1,260,000

Mother Tongue : Lao

Literacy Rate (%) : 84.70

Basic Details

Country Capital	:	Wellington
GDP Per Capita	:	2,095
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	150^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	69
Unemployment Rate	:	1
Number of Internet Users	:	5,105,241
Internet Users Rank	:	96^th/195
Area	:	264,897
Area Rank	:	74^th/195
Total Population	:	7,873
Total Population Rank	:	102^nd/195

Continent: South East Asia and Oceania

Cities with > 100K popln: 5

Sr.	City	Total City Population (2023)
1	Champhone	122,467
2	Kaysone Phomvihane	140,859
3	Salavan	113,158
4	Songkhone	112,149
5	Vientiane	920,630

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