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NXS-GRX-LAO · South-eastern Asia

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Country risk profile on The Global Risks Index: hazard and threat exposure, vulnerability, macro-financial fragility, coping capacity and systemic coupling, with intervals, sources and corrections on every value.

Pagina GRX-LAOEdizione Edizione di base 2026Chiusura delle evidenze 2026-09-30ISO LAO / LAStato UN member stateValori non ancora pubblicatoMetodo v1.0.0-draft
FIGURA 1 · Lao People’s Democratic Republic in South-eastern Asia
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01Brief

Lao People’s Democratic Republic at a glance

What changed, what is live and what is open, each with its source.

02Humanitarian data

Lao People’s Democratic Republic in humanitarian data

Source observations from the Humanitarian Data Exchange, each with its reference date, provider and licence. They are not index values.

Population · 2024-12-31

7,631,798

people. UNFPA · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

Poverty headcount · 2023-12-31

17.8%

of people in multidimensional poverty. Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative · Public Domain / No restrictions (CC0).

Refugees from the country · 2025-12-31

6,955

refugees and asylum-seekers abroad, most in France, Australia, United States of America. UNHCR – The UN Refugee Agency · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

Humanitarian funding · 2010-04-30

US$ 10 m

received against US$ 13 m required. OCHA Financial Tracking System (FTS) · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

Rainfall

18 units

with rainfall against the long-term average, on the unit pages. WFP – World Food Programme · Creative Commons Attribution International (CC BY).

Food prices · 2026-01-14

17 markets

Rice (glutinous, first quality): 9500 LAK per KG. WFP – World Food Programme · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

03Aree

The full profile of Lao People’s Democratic Republic, area by area

Fourteen areas from macroeconomy to frontier technology, and the planned innovation index. Each card says whether its sources are cleared, shows the mix, and gives two actions: what the area needs, and a scenario you can run now on open data.

Come leggereAdmitted: usableUnder legal review: waitingProhibited: excludedNot in the register: not yet assessedAcross the 14 areas: 113 admitted · 63 under legal review · 23 prohibited · 170 not in the register
Partly admitted14 indicators · 2 composites

Macroeconomy and external position

Output, prices, external balance and reserves, monetary conditions and labour, with intervals and the change since the last edition.

GDP
US$ 18.3 billion 2025
GDP per person
US$ 2,325 2025
GDP growth
4.5% 2025
4 admitted · 4 under legal review · 1 not in the register
Partly admitted37 indicators · 7 composites

Fiscal position and public debt

Debt path fan charts, gross financing needs, debt service and fiscal stress, with the assumptions published.

Government revenue
13.9% 2022
Government expense
10.3% 2022
External debt
115.4% 2024
7 admitted · 13 under legal review · 8 not in the register
Partly admitted32 indicators · 7 composites

Financial system

Banking-system capital and liquidity, credit growth, asset prices and contagion on the dependency network.

Lending interest rate
22.6% 2010
9 admitted · 4 under legal review · 1 prohibited · 8 not in the register
Partly admitted18 indicators · 5 composites

Trade, economic structure and supply chains

Trade openness and concentration, commodity dependence and supply-chain exposure by sector.

Commercio
75.1% 2016
Esportazioni
33.2% 2016
Fuel exports
1.8% 2023
8 admitted · 6 under legal review · 5 not in the register
Partly admitted13 indicators · 5 composites

L'acqua

Water stress, drought, access and quality, coupled to food, energy and health in the water, energy, food, health and biodiversity nexus.

Safely managed drinking water
35.2% 2024
Stress idrico
4.8% 2022
Renewable internal freshwater per person
25,188 m³ 2022
3 admitted · 2 under legal review · 2 prohibited · 4 not in the register
Partly admitted23 indicators · 6 composites

Energia

Supply security, import dependence, grid reliability, transition exposure and access.

Access to electricity
96.5% 2024
Renewable energy
49.2% 2022
Energy imports, net
-59.1% 2024
7 admitted · 5 under legal review · 1 prohibited · 18 not in the register
Partly admitted23 indicators · 6 composites

Food systems

Availability, access, prices and nutrition, and the drivers from water, energy, trade and conflict.

Undernourishment
10% 2024
Cereal yield
4,196 2024
Stunting, under 5
32.8% 2023
14 admitted · 4 under legal review · 2 not in the register
Partly admitted31 indicators · 6 composites

Sicurezza sanitaria

Health-system capacity, outbreak preparedness, disease burden and the health effects of other systems.

Life expectancy
69.2 years 2024
Under-5 mortality
29.4 2024
Health spending
1.3% 2023
4 admitted · 2 under legal review · 15 prohibited · 8 not in the register
Partly admitted22 indicators · 6 composites

Environment and biodiversity

Ecosystem condition, biodiversity pressure, land and ocean change and nature dependence of the economy.

Forest area
56.6% 2024
Protected areas
18.8% 2025
PM2.5 air pollution
26 µg/m³ 2023
9 admitted · 5 under legal review · 1 prohibited · 22 not in the register
Partly admitted31 indicators · 8 composites

Climate: physical and transition

Chronic and acute physical risk under scenarios, and transition exposure of the economy and the public balance sheet.

CO₂ emissions per person
3.4 t CO₂e 2024
Greenhouse gas emissions
41.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
People below 5 m elevation
0% 2015
10 admitted · 7 under legal review · 24 not in the register
Partly admitted39 indicators · 10 composites

Conflict, governance and security

Violence and its spillovers, institutional quality, rule of law and state capacity.

9 admitted · 4 under legal review · 1 prohibited · 14 not in the register
Partly admitted27 indicators · 10 composites

Frontier technology and innovation

Frontier technology risk and capacity side by side: AI, compute, semiconductors, quantum, space, biotech, cyber resilience and digital infrastructure, with the innovation index below.

High-technology exports
7.4% 2023
Internet users
65.6% 2024
Fixed broadband subscriptions
2.7 2023
9 admitted · 5 under legal review · 1 prohibited · 26 not in the register
Partly admitted18 indicators · 5 composites

Coping capacity and disaster finance

Preparedness, response and recovery capacity, risk financing and social protection.

Social protection coverage
2.2% 2018
9 admitted · 1 under legal review · 1 prohibited · 18 not in the register
Partly admitted46 indicators · 11 composites

Society, demography and mobility

Human development, inequality, ageing, urbanisation and displacement.

Popolazione
7.9 million 2025
Urban population
40.3% 2025
Poverty at $3.00 a day
7.1% 2024
11 admitted · 1 under legal review · 12 not in the register
Previsti12 planned indicators

Innovation index

Research, patents, talent, compute, digital infrastructure and capital for Lao People’s Democratic Republic, read beside frontier technology risk. Not in Indicator Standard yet; each indicator needs its source admitted.

04Quote

Lao People’s Democratic Republic composite risk

Value, change since the previous edition, 90% interval and class probability; the history and the published indicators follow.

NXS-GRX-LAO · CRI · South-eastern Asia · 0–10 scale
Lao People’s Democratic Republic composite risk
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Values publish with the edition; the interval, class and change appear here.
Previous edition
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Range since 2016
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Coupled composite
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Coupling score S
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Pulse, latest week
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Outlook, 12 months
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Metodo
Indicator Standard 1.0 · NXS-GRX 2026
Draws
1,000
Lao People’s Democratic Republic composite risk, by edition

No released values yet. The first edition draws the history here with its interval band and class bounds.

The line is the point value by edition; the band is the 90% interval; dashed lines are the class bounds at 2, 3.5, 5 and 6.5.

“Lao People's Democratic Republic: published indicators” is not connected: the Foundry connection it needs is switched off on this network.

05Profile

Four pillars, composite and coupled composite

The composite is shown only with its four pillars and twenty domain indices beside it; each value carries a 90% interval and a class with its probability.

StrumentoValoreVariazioneVariazione %Intervallo al 90%Classe · probabilitàTendenzaIntervallo
NXS-GRX Rischio compositoNXS-GRX-LAO · CRI–––––
NXS-GRX Rischio accoppiatoNXS-GRX-LAO · CPL–––––
Esposizione a pericoli e minacceNXS-GRX-LAO · HTE–––––
Vulnerabilità umana e dei sistemiNXS-GRX-LAO · VUL–––––
Fragilità macrofinanziaria e strutturaleNXS-GRX-LAO · MSF–––––
Mancanza di capacità di risposta e di adattamentoNXS-GRX-LAO · LCC–––––
Molto bassada 0.0 a < 2.0
Bassoda 2.0 a < 3.5
Medioda 3.5 a < 5.0
Altoda 5.0 a < 6.5
Molto altoda 6.5 a 10.0
07Accoppiamento

How Lao People’s Democratic Republic is coupled to the world

Not yet estimated. Coupling strengths through trade and inputs, finance and debt, energy, food trade, infrastructure and information are ◆ ESTIMATED per edition with their method and references; the coupled composite is reported beside the standalone one.
09Peers

Profiles in South-eastern Asia

A peer group is a reading context, not a ranking; profiles are listed by name.

Explore Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Indices, hazards, the map and the data behind every value.

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