Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases in Laos
Laos: Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases was 15 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases in Laos, 1988–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Laos recorded 15 for neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases in 2025.
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 in Laos peaked at 23 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1988.
Laos ranks 27th of 210 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases in Laos, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 0 | — |
| 1990 | 4 | — |
| 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% |
| 2015 | 19 | +5.6% |
| 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 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 12.1 | 4 | 20 | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.3 | 5 | 21 | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.78 | 5 | 19 | 9 |
| 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)
- 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)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 15 (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases in Laos?
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases in Laos was 15 in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 23 in 2024.
- What is the lowest neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1988.
- How does Laos rank for neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases?
- Laos ranks 27th out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases 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 World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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