Life expectancy in Laos
Laos: Life expectancy was 68.96 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Laos, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Laos recorded 68.96 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Laos peaked at 68.96 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 38.94 years, in 1950.
Laos ranks 178th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 40.09 years | 38.94 years | 41.18 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 42.21 years | 41.04 years | 43.46 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 45.58 years | 43.78 years | 47.46 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 51.22 years | 48.56 years | 53.59 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 56.11 years | 54.03 years | 57.87 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 60.5 years | 58.32 years | 63.02 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.19 years | 63.69 years | 67.91 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.46 years | 67.81 years | 68.96 years | 4 |
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More health data for Laos
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,260 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 317 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 72,951 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 71,025 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 72,415 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 71,130 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 71,517 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 70,206 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Laos?
- Life expectancy in Laos was 68.96 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 68.96 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.94 years in 1950.
- How does Laos rank for life expectancy?
- Laos ranks 178th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.