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Lao PDR

Region: East Asia & Pacific
Capital City: Vientiane
Country Code: LA

Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)

Year: 2024 = 5,595.295810
Year: 2023 = 4,678.229370
Year: 2022 = 3,711.648359
Year: 2021 = 3,260.253174
Year: 2020 = 3,249.996094

Lending Interest Rate

Year: 2010 = 22.613%
Year: 2009 = 24.775%
Year: 2008 = 24.000%
Year: 2007 = 28.500%
Year: 2006 = 30.000%

Unfortunately, lending rates are from the World Bank and may be outdated, as many countries stopped reporting lending rates after 2019. You may easily get more updated data from the Reserve Bank for the country, or any commercial bank website.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Year: 2023 = 3.248
Year: 2022 = 3.113
Year: 2021 = 3.071
Year: 2020 = 2.663
Year: 2019 = 2.646

The HDI is recalculated every year using the most recent data and functional forms. Rankings in one report cannot be directly compared to earlier editions.


Data Attribution: The World Bank | UNDP/HDRO
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