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Laos AI Report

Date: May 25, 2026

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.

GDP Per Capita (USD)

Literacy Rate (%)

Potatoes prod.

Employment in Services

Out of 195 countries in the world, Laos is the 45^th worst ranked in GDP Per Capita (USD) . This implies that this country is a developing country.

Out of 195 countries in the world, Laos is the 56^th worst ranked in Literacy Rate (%) . 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 2,504,846. 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.

The Average Employment in Services of 195 countries in the world is 10,251,634. Laos is the 69^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate lesser diposable income among the population of the country, or simply imply lesser urbanisation 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	1130
2	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	42	1125
Below World Average
1	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	154	1234
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	11	94	1234
3	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1234
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	7	73	1234
5	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	65	1230
6	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,603,754	120	1235
7	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	108	1235
8	# Cities>100000	# Cities	27	97	1231
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	80	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Lao as a % of total Lao speakers	% People	0	2	1128
2	Khmer as a % of total Khmer speakers	% People	0	3	1126
3	Thai as a % of total Thai speakers	% People	0	3	1130
Below World Average
1	Standard Chinese	# People	26,081,662	32	1231
2	English	# People	10,677,446	27	1233
3	English as a % of total English speakers	% People	0	27	1234
4	French	# People	3,059,547	23	1235
5	Khmer	# People	4,397,500	3	1233
6	Thai	# People	13,314,666	3	1234
7	Lao	# People	10,576,000	2	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	FTAs in India via Kolkata (%)	% People	2	2	1128
2	FTAs in India for Leisure (%)	% People	42	5	1125
3	INDs via Kolkata Airport (%)	% People	2	5	1129
4	INDs via Ahmedabad Airport (%)	% People	1	19	1127
5	INDs for Leisure (%)	% People	46	20	1127
6	INDs via Chennai Airport (%)	% People	5	27	1127
7	INDs via Bengaluru Airport (%)	% People	5	38	1130
8	INDs via Hyderabad Airport (%)	% People	3	46	1125
Below World Average
1	FTAs in India via Delhi (%)	% People	46	178	1233
2	FTAs in India via Mumbai (%)	% People	23	172	1231
3	FTAs in India for Business (%)	% People	18	167	1231
4	FTAs in India via Chennai (%)	% People	5	134	1232
5	INDs via Mumbai Airport (%)	% People	33	156	1230
6	INDs - Indian Diaspora (%)	% People	22	146	1232
7	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,044	151	1235
8	FTAs in India via Bengaluru (%)	% People	6	136	1232
9	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	130	1233
10	FTAs in India via Cochin (%)	% People	3	109	1233
11	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	124	1232
12	GDP (Billions USD)	$ Billions	600	139	1231
13	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	118	1231
14	INDs for Business (%)	% People	25	125	1231
15	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	117	1235
16	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,199	128	1230
17	FTAs in India via Hyderabad (%)	% People	3	75	1234
18	INDs from India	# People	158,494	116	1231
19	INDs via Delhi Airport (%)	% People	38	108	1234
20	INDs via Trivandrum Airport (%)	% People	1	44	1234
21	FTAs in India - Indian Diaspora (%)	% People	14	94	1230
22	FTAs in India	# People	51,254	100	1235
23	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	95	1234
24	INDs via Cochin Airport (%)	% People	3	58	1233
25	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,288	68	1234
26	FTAs in India for Education (%)	% People	5	55	1232
27	INDs for Pilgrimage (%)	% People	5	15	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	3	1126
2	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	4	1125
3	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	4	1128
4	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	85	1128
Below World Average
1	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	173	1233
2	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	57	170	1230
3	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	170	1230
4	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	165	1230
5	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	59	153	1231
6	Unemployment Rate.	% People	6	133	1233
7	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	127	1235
8	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	127	1230
9	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	125	1232
10	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	108	1233
11	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,641,663	96	1233
12	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	77	1231
13	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	47	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	7	1127
2	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	11	1127
Below World Average
1	Islamic Population	# People	10,091,996	165	1233
2	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	184	1231
3	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	93	1233
4	Buddhist Population	# People	21,931,470	11	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	19	1125
Below World Average
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	134	1233
2	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	127	1235
3	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	90	1234
4	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	18	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	25	1129
Below World Average
1	Total Military Force	# People	362,682	63	1232
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	Tree density.	Density	22,685	26	1126
2	Tree density .	Density	828	29	1129
Below World Average
1	Tin Produced/Total Tin Produced in 2019	Weight	7	13	1231
2	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	151	1230
3	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,504,846	135	1233
4	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	107	1235
5	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	110	1232
6	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	95	1232
7	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	97	1232
8	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	81	1230
9	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	81	1235
10	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	74	1233
11	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	75	1235
12	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,572,369	70	1230
13	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	62	1234
14	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	62	1232
15	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	20,929,075	50	1235
16	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	48	1235
17	Forest Area.	Area	21,595,147	41	1234
18	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	41	1230
19	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	878,129	38	1235
20	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	37	1235
21	Rice prod.	Tons	6,920,442	21	1230
22	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	20	1232
23	Iron Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	33,258	21	1230
24	Iron Production (% of Total Iron Production)	Percent	2	21	1230
25	Coal Production (% of Total Coal Production)	Percent	1	19	1235
26	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	19	1230
27	Tin prod.	Tons	23,069	13	1230
28	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	2	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	34	33	1130
2	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	27	77	1125
Below World Average
1	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	37	182	1233
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	34	164	1231
3	Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	151	1230
4	LinkedIn users	# People	7,145,162	141	1232
5	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	133	1233
6	Instagram Users as a % of Total Population	% People	29	139	1232
7	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	69	127	1230
8	Instagram Users as a % of Total Instagram Users	% People	0	115	1233
9	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	12	119	1232
10	Instagram Users	Absolute	10,458,072	119	1232
11	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	118	1232
12	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total X (Twitter) Users	% People	0	98	1233
13	X (Twitter) users	# People	1,789,045	99	1235
14	Internet Users	# People	28,543,790	97	1230
15	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	66	1234
16	Facebook users	# People	11,706,915	67	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	75	1125
Below World Average
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	138	1230
2	Total Population	# People	42,357,833	102	1234
3	Male Population	# People	21,291,067	102	1231
4	Female Population	# People	21,066,765	102	1233
5	Total Births	# People	677,551	93	1230
6	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	57	1230

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	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	98	1230
2	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	91	1235
3	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	115	1234
4	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	110	1231
5	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	89	1233
6	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	139	1233
7	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	87	1232
8	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	112,672	112	1233
9	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	1,420,982	107	1233
10	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	100	1233
11	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	201,153	99	1234
12	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	3,225,437	97	1234
13	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	3,831,465	95	1232
14	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	87	1233
15	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	80,879	86	1235
16	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	68	1234
17	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	74	1231
18	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	56	1230
19	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	34	1231
20	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	44	1235

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	:	2,096
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	150^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	69
Unemployment Rate	:	1
Number of Internet Users	:	5,105,241
Internet Users Rank	:	97^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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