Laos Analytics

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

LANGUAGES

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

Mother Tongue : Lao

Literacy Rate (%) : 84.70

Details

Country Capital	:	Vientaine
GDP Per capita	:	0
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	185^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	68
Unemployment Rate	:	1
Number of Internet Users	:	4,588,000
Internet Users Rank	:	100^th/195
Area	:	230,800
Area Rank	:	79^th/195
Total Population	:	7,425
Total Population Rank	:	102^nd/195

Continent: South East Asia and Oceania

Cities with > 100K popln: 5

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Laos Highlights

Laos is the 102^nd ranked country in population and 79^th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world.Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Worse than World Average-

1. Laos is the 37^th worst ranked in Teachers in primary edu. out of 195 countries in the world. This may indicate that the investment by the country in primary education is lesser when compared to other countries.
2. The average Literacy Rate (%) of the 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.
3. Out of the 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.

Laos Metrics

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Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	85	1	1127
2	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	41	42	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	59	156	1232
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1234
3	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1233
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1231
5	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	65	1233
6	Urban Population (2021)	# People	22,563,215	117	1230
7	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	108	1234
8	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	97	1235
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	80	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Tree density.	Density	9	1	1130
2	Tree density .	Density	8	1	1125
3	Number of Trees	Count	9,751,992,148	42	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	135	1235
2	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	70	1232
3	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	50	1231
4	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Tons	2	48	1235
5	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	41	1230
6	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	41	1234
7	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	38	1233
8	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Tons	0	37	1235
9	Rice prod.	Tons	5,090,580	21	1231
10	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Tons	0	20	1230
11	Tin prod.	Tons	23,069	13	1232
12	Tin Produced/Total Tin Produced in 2019	Tons	7	13	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Lao	# People	108,471	2	1125
2	Lao as a % of total Lao speakers	% People	0	2	1129
3	Khmer	# People	90,205	3	1127
4	Thai	# People	204,841	3	1126
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 than World Average-
1	Standard Chinese	# People	6,821,357	32	1232
2	English	# People	3,175,743	27	1233
3	French	# People	596,219	23	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	4	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	71	131	1235
2	Total No. of Doctors	# People	73,975	120	1234
3	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	71	1235
4	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	14,339	60	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	7	1127
2	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	11	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	185	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	8	1125
2	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	24	9	1125
3	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	24	9	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Unemployment Rate.	% People	13	186	1232
2	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	75	170	1232
3	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	55	169	1230
4	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	55	169	1233
5	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	24	164	1230
6	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	88,812	159	1235
7	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	159	1235
8	Formal Jobs	# People	10,227,722	133	1231
9	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	14,402,736	132	1232
10	Employment in Services	# People	9,747,273	130	1233
11	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	115	1232
12	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	19,636,200	104	1231
13	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,233,463	55	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Buddhist Population	# People	1,912,220	11	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Islamic Population	# People	9,744,062	166	1230
2	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	91	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	44	1125
2	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	1	69	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	49	151	1233
2	Total Population (2021)	# People (In Thousands)	40,345	102	1235
3	Male Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,393	102	1235
4	Female Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,160	102	1231
5	Births	# People (In Thousands)	688	92	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	35	56	1127
2	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	26	89	1128
Below than World Average-
1	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	35	180	1231
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	30	164	1230
3	LinkedIn users	# People	6,064,509	141	1230
4	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	135	1233
5	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	66	125	1231
6	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	16	117	1232
7	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	14	111	1230
8	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	% People	0	95	1234
9	Internet Users	# People	25,030,008	100	1235
10	Twitter users	# People	3,179,254	100	1234
11	Facebook users	# People	7,174,483	70	1230
12	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	70	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	108	1127
Below than World Average-
1	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	109	1230
2	GDP (Billions USD) 2022	$ Billions	531	129	1231
3	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	7,895	109	1233
4	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	103	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	171	1235
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	127	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	139	1230
2	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	31	1	1231
3	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	115	1234
4	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	110	1235
5	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	107	1230
6	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	32	1	1233
7	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,125,548	101	1230
8	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	99	1232
9	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	98	1231
10	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,858,694	89	1233
11	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	87	1231
12	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	87	1235
13	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	86	1234
14	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	74	1235
15	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	56	1230
16	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	44	1232
17	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	4,946,299	38	1231
18	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	34	1230
19	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	5,059,423	16	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	76	1231
2	Total Military Force	# People	122,909	78	1234
3	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	0	55	1234

Laos Language Details

Sr.	Language	% of people speaking the language in country.
1	Lao	58.6 %
2	Khmer	16.97 %
3	Thai	8.01 %
4	English	4.11 %
5	French	2.06 %
6	Standard Chinese	0.27 %

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