Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 1.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Lao People's Democratic Republic stood at 1.3%. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 34.3% on the previous year and down 44.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 4.5% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2023.
That places Lao People's Democratic Republic 195th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.3% | — |
| 2001 | 4.3% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 3.7% | -13.8% |
| 2003 | 4.5% | +21.1% |
| 2004 | 3.5% | -21.0% |
| 2005 | 3.3% | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | -12.1% |
| 2007 | 3.1% | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 2.8% | -11.6% |
| 2009 | 3.5% | +25.1% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | -15.9% |
| 2011 | 1.9% | -33.2% |
| 2012 | 2.1% | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 2.4% | +15.6% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 2.5% | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 2.5% | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 2.2% | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 2.6% | +15.9% |
| 2020 | 2.1% | -20.9% |
| 2021 | 2.7% | +33.2% |
| 2022 | 2.0% | -26.4% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | -34.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.6% | 2.8% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 1.9% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 1.3% | 2.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 192 Djibouti 2.3% compare
- 193 Brunei Darussalam 2.2% compare
- 194 Bangladesh 2.2% compare
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- 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)
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- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1462 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 0.1538 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1522 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 1.3% in 2023, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 4.5% in 2003.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2023.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 195th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total healthcare expenditure as the share of national gross domestic product (GDP).