Laos ລາວ
Laos ranks 2nd of 11 Southeast Asian countries on momentum. Its strongest lens is urban population growth (+3.3%, 1st); its weakest is real GDP growth (+4.5%, 7th). Foreign direct investment brought in $1.4B in 2025, 7.7% of GDP.
People
#1 of 11+3.3%urban population, 2025
- Population
- 7.9M
- Urban share
- 40%
- Net migration
- −10,645 (2025)
Jobs
#2 of 11+2.0%employed people, 2025
- Employed
- 3.6M
- Unemployment
- 1.2% (2025)
Businesses
#4 of 11+21.2%new firms registered, 2024
- New firms
- 7.9K (2024)
- Per 1,000 aged 15–64
- 1.57
Money
#7 of 11+4.5%real GDP, 2025
- GDP
- $18.3B (2025)
- FDI inflows
- $1.4B (2025)
- Remittances in
- $473.0M (2025)
Subnational data for Laos
Not yet. Country-level figures above are from the World Bank. Provinces arrive country by country: Thailand and Vietnam so far, Malaysia next.