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Laos AI Report

Date: November 8, 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.

#Dentists

Out of 195 countries in the world, Laos is the 28^th highest ranked in #Dentists . This implies better healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or higher level of health awareness among the people in the country.

Doctors (Per 10,000)

Potatoes prod.

The Average GDP Per Capita (USD) of 195 countries in the world is 6,447. Laos is the 46^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that this country is a developing country.

Laos is the 49^th worst ranked in Doctors (Per 10,000) out of all the 195 countries.This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.

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

The Average Potatoes prod. of 195 countries in the world is 2,538,925. Laos is the 61^st worst ranked country out of 195 countries. 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	1129
2	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	42	1129
Below World Average
1	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	154	1231
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1234
3	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1235
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1230
5	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	65	1234
6	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	120	1230
7	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	108	1233
8	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	97	1233
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	80	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Tree density.	Density	9	1	1129
2	Tree density .	Density	8	1	1126
Below World Average
1	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	151	1235
2	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	135	1234
3	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	107	1234
4	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	110	1234
5	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	95	1234
6	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	97	1235
7	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	81	1235
8	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	81	1234
9	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	75	1232
10	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	70	1234
11	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	62	1234
12	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	62	1230
13	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	50	1231
14	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	48	1234
15	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	42	1235
16	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	41	1234
17	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	41	1230
18	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	38	1230
19	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	37	1230
20	Rice prod.	Tons	5,090,580	21	1234
21	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	20	1233
22	Iron Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	33,258	21	1230
23	Iron Production (% of Total Iron Production)	Percent	2	21	1234
24	Coal Production (% of Total Coal Production)	Percent	1	19	1233
25	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	19	1234
26	Tin prod.	Tons	23,069	13	1232
27	Tin Produced/Total Tin Produced in 2019	Weight	7	13	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Lao	# People	108,471	2	1128
2	Lao as a % of total Lao speakers	% People	0	2	1128
3	Khmer	# People	90,205	3	1126
4	Thai	# People	204,841	3	1130
5	Khmer as a % of total Khmer speakers	% People	0	3	1129
6	Thai as a % of total Thai speakers	% People	0	3	1125
Below World Average
1	Standard Chinese	# People	6,821,357	32	1232
2	English	# People	3,175,743	27	1231
3	French	# People	596,219	23	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	3	1127
2	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	4	1128
3	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	4	1129
4	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	85	1126
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	1235
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	1233
6	Unemployment Rate.	% People	7	133	1230
7	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	127	1232
8	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	127	1233
9	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	125	1234
10	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	108	1235
11	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	96	1231
12	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	77	1234
13	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	47	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	7	1125
2	Buddhist Population	# People	1,911,974	11	1126
3	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	11	1126
Below World Average
1	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	165	1231
2	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	184	1234
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	1126
2	#Dentists	# People	13,328	28	1128
Below World Average
1	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	7	147	1232
2	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	137	1230
3	Nurses to doctor ratio	Ratio	46	134	1231
4	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	127	1232
5	Total Nursing	# People	163,061	116	1232
6	Nurses(per 10000)	People per 10000	164,032	116	1230
7	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	92	1233
8	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	90	1232
9	HIV Infections (Per 1000)	People Per 1,000	0	57	1231
10	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	18	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	31	25	1127
2	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	31	25	1126
3	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	25	62	1129
Below World Average
1	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	185	1232
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	32	168	1230
3	LinkedIn users	# People	6,723,222	142	1234
4	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	134	1234
5	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	70	127	1231
6	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	14	117	1231
7	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	115	1230
8	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	% People	0	90	1233
9	Twitter users	# People	2,940,933	97	1230
10	Internet Users	# People	28,408,774	96	1233
11	Facebook users	# People	6,811,338	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	1234
2	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	63	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	71	1128
Below World Average
1	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	1	134	1233
2	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	265	147	1230
3	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	140	1230
4	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	102	1233
5	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	102	1234
6	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	102	1233
7	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	94	1234
8	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	56	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,228	187	1233
2	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	134	1235
3	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	6,447	150	1231
4	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	130	1234
5	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	597	134	1230
6	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	67	1235
7	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	67	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	171	1234
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	127	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	139	1235
2	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	117	1234
3	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	115	1231
4	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	112	1234
5	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	110	1234
6	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	108	1230
7	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	107	1232
8	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	100	1231
9	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	99	1235
10	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	98	1231
11	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	97	1234
12	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	95	1232
13	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,858,694	89	1231
14	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	87	1234
15	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	87	1231
16	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	86	1232
17	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	74	1235
18	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	56	1234
19	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	44	1231
20	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	34	1233

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