Laos Social: Poverty and Inequality
LA: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: %
LA: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data was reported at 30.000 % in 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 35.900 % for 2012. LA: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 47.400 % from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2018, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 59.400 % in 1997 and a record low of 30.000 % in 2018. LA: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Laos – Table LA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty gap at $6.85 a day (2017 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $6.85 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
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| 30.000 2018 | yearly | 1992 - 2018 |
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LA: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population
LA: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 32.500 % in 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 40.500 % for 2012. LA: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 60.500 % from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2018, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 78.700 % in 1997 and a record low of 32.500 % in 2018. LA: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Laos – Table LA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty headcount ratio at $3.65 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.65 a day at 2017 international prices.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
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| 32.500 2018 | yearly | 1992 - 2018 |
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LA: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population
LA: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 70.500 % in 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 78.800 % for 2012. LA: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 89.200 % from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2018, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 94.600 % in 1997 and a record low of 70.500 % in 2018. LA: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Laos – Table LA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty headcount ratio at $6.85 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $6.85 a day at 2017 international prices.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
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| 70.500 2018 | yearly | 1992 - 2018 |
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LA: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: %
LA: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data was reported at 10.300 % in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 9.700 % for 2012. LA: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data is updated yearly, averaging 7.400 % from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2018, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.300 % in 2018 and a record low of 6.500 % in 2002. LA: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Laos – Table LA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2017 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some countries, medians are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
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| 10.300 2018 | yearly | 1992 - 2018 |
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LA: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day
LA: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day data was reported at 2.900 Intl $/Day in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.580 Intl $/Day for 2012. LA: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day data is updated yearly, averaging 2.740 Intl $/Day from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2018, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.900 Intl $/Day in 2018 and a record low of 2.580 Intl $/Day in 2012. LA: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Laos – Table LA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Mean consumption or income per capita (2017 PPP $ per day) of the bottom 40%, used in calculating the growth rate in the welfare aggregate of the bottom 40% of the population in the income distribution in a country.;World Bank, Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP) (http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/brief/global-database-of-shared-prosperity).;;The choice of consumption or income for a country is made according to which welfare aggregate is used to estimate extreme poverty in the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP). The practice adopted by the World Bank for estimating global and regional poverty is, in principle, to use per capita consumption expenditure as the welfare measure wherever available; and to use income as the welfare measure for countries for which consumption is unavailable. However, in some cases data on consumption may be available but are outdated or not shared with the World Bank for recent survey years. In these cases, if data on income are available, income is used. Whether data are for consumption or income per capita is noted in the footnotes. Because household surveys are infrequent in most countries and are not aligned across countries, comparisons across countries or over time should be made with a high degree of caution.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
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| 2.900 2018 | yearly | 2012 - 2018 |
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LA: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day
LA: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day data was reported at 6.520 Intl $/Day in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.410 Intl $/Day for 2012. LA: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day data is updated yearly, averaging 5.965 Intl $/Day from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2018, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.520 Intl $/Day in 2018 and a record low of 5.410 Intl $/Day in 2012. LA: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Laos – Table LA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Mean consumption or income per capita (2017 PPP $ per day) used in calculating the growth rate in the welfare aggregate of total population.;World Bank, Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP) (http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/brief/global-database-of-shared-prosperity).;;The choice of consumption or income for a country is made according to which welfare aggregate is used to estimate extreme poverty in the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP). The practice adopted by the World Bank for estimating global and regional poverty is, in principle, to use per capita consumption expenditure as the welfare measure wherever available; and to use income as the welfare measure for countries for which consumption is unavailable. However, in some cases data on consumption may be available but are outdated or not shared with the World Bank for recent survey years. In these cases, if data on income are available, income is used. Whether data are for consumption or income per capita is noted in the footnotes. Because household surveys are infrequent in most countries and are not aligned across countries, comparisons across countries or over time should be made with a high degree of caution.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
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| 6.520 2018 | yearly | 2012 - 2018 |
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Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population
Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population data was reported at 23.100 % in 2017. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population data is updated yearly, averaging 23.100 % from Dec 2017 (Median) to 2017, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 23.100 % in 2017 and a record low of 23.100 % in 2017. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Laos – Table LA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (UNDP) is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to UNDPs multidimensional poverty index. The index includes three dimensions -- health, education, and living standards.;Alkire, S., Kanagaratnam, U., and Suppa, N. (2023). ‘The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2023 country results and methodological note’, OPHI MPI Methodological Note 55, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford. (https://ophi.org.uk/mpi-methodological-note-55-2/);;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
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| 23.100 2017 | yearly | 2017 - 2017 |
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Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population
Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population data was reported at 10.900 % in 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 19.200 % for 2012. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population data is updated yearly, averaging 15.050 % from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2018, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19.200 % in 2012 and a record low of 10.900 % in 2018. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Laos – Table LA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Multidimensional Poverty Measure. The Multidimensional Poverty Measure includes three dimensions – monetary poverty, education, and basic infrastructure services – to capture a more complete picture of poverty.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
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| 10.900 2018 | yearly | 2012 - 2018 |
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Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population
Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 30.500 % in 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 32.100 % for 2012. Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 39.200 % from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2018, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 49.100 % in 1997 and a record low of 30.500 % in 2018. Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Laos – Table LA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Societal Poverty Line. The Societal Poverty Line is expressed in purchasing power adjusted 2017 U.S. dollars and defined as max($2.15, $1.15 + 0.5*Median). This means that when the national median is sufficiently low, the Societal Poverty line is equivalent to the extreme poverty line, $2.15. For countries with a sufficiently high national median, the Societal Poverty Line grows as countries’ median income grows.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
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| 30.500 2018 | yearly | 1992 - 2018 |
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Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: %
Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data was reported at 1.670 % in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.290 % for 2013. Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data is updated yearly, averaging 2.195 % from Dec 2002 (Median) to 2019, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.290 % in 2013 and a record low of 0.640 % in 2002. Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Laos – Table LA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. This indicator shows the fraction of a country’s population experiencing out-of-pocket health impoverishing expenditures, defined as expenditures without which the household they live in would have been above the 60% median consumption but because of the expenditures is below the poverty line. Out-of-pocket health expenditure is defined as any spending incurred by a household when any member uses a health good or service to receive any type of care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, long-term or palliative care); provided by any type of provider; for any type of disease, illness or health condition; in any type of setting (outpatient, inpatient, at home).;Global Health Observatory. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/financial-protection);Weighted average;This indicator is related to Sustainable Development Goal 3.8.2 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].
| Last | Frequency | Range |
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| 1.670 2019 | yearly | 2002 - 2019 |