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Lao People's Democratic Republic
MediumRanked #147 of 195 in 2023 · East Asia and the Pacific
Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2025 composite indices. All figures below come directly from that dataset — nothing here is estimated or AI-generated.
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0.617 in 2023, compared against the world and East Asia and the Pacific average.
Components
69 yrs
Life expectancy
9.6 yrs
Expected schooling
6.1 yrs
Mean schooling
8,106
GNI per capita
Related indices
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.462
HDI adjusted downward for inequality in the distribution of health, education, and income within the country — lower than HDI whenever inequality exists.
Gender Development Index
0.911
Ratio of female to male HDI — 1.0 means parity; below 1.0 means women's human development lags men's.
Gender Inequality Index
0.475
Reflects gender-based disadvantage in reproductive health, empowerment, and labour markets — 0 is parity, 1 is total inequality.
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI
0.570
HDI adjusted downward for a country's carbon emissions and material footprint — the gap from HDI shows the cost to planetary pressure.