Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled in Laos
Laos: Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled was 15 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled in Laos, 1988–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
In 2025, neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled in Laos stood at 15.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 34.8% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled in Laos peaked at 23 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1988.
That places Laos 27th out of 210 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled in Laos, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 0 | — |
| 1989 | 2 | — |
| 1990 | 4 | +100.0% |
| 1991 | 20 | +400.0% |
| 1992 | 12 | -40.0% |
| 1993 | 5 | -58.3% |
| 1994 | 10 | +100.0% |
| 1995 | 6 | -40.0% |
| 1996 | 17 | +183.3% |
| 1997 | 12 | -29.4% |
| 1998 | 17 | +41.7% |
| 1999 | 18 | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 21 | +16.7% |
| 2001 | 17 | -19.0% |
| 2002 | 16 | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 17 | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 14 | -17.6% |
| 2005 | 12 | -14.3% |
| 2006 | 8 | -33.3% |
| 2007 | 15 | +87.5% |
| 2008 | 5 | -66.7% |
| 2009 | 8 | +60.0% |
| 2010 | 7 | -12.5% |
| 2011 | 6 | -14.3% |
| 2012 | 11 | +83.3% |
| 2013 | 18 | +63.6% |
| 2014 | 18.5 | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 19 | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 16 | -15.8% |
| 2017 | 17 | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 16 | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 5 | -68.8% |
| 2020 | 12 | +140.0% |
| 2021 | 7 | -41.7% |
| 2022 | 14 | +100.0% |
| 2023 | 14 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 23 | +64.3% |
| 2025 | 15 | -34.8% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 15 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2, 7.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled in Laos changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +400.0% | 4 | 20 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1990s | 12.1 | 4 | 20 | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.3 | 5 | 21 | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.35 | 5 | 19 | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.17 | 7 | 23 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Laos
More health data for Laos
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.76 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.5667 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,260 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 317 (2100)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.5161 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0489 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.5055 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0511 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled in Laos?
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled in Laos was 15 in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 23 in 2024.
- What is the lowest neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1988.
- How does Laos rank for neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled?
- Laos ranks 27th out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases with 616 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
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About this data
Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases with 616 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.