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Lao PDR rankings 2026: where Lao PDR places in 24 global Top 10s

Lao PDR is #3 in Countries by travel services and inside the top 10 of 2 rankings. Every position, value and source, regenerated as the data refreshes.

Lao PDR appears in 24 of the 491 live country rankings on Top10Earth. This guide walks through every one of them: where Lao PDR is number one, where it makes the top 10, where it sits further down the table, and what has moved since the previous snapshot. Its best position is #3 in Countries by travel services, where it is measured at 65.33 % of service imports, BoP (Travel services) as of 2026-10-28. Lao PDR finishes inside the top 10 in 2 rankings.

Top 10 finishes

Lao PDR is inside the top 10 of 2 further rankings. Each entry names the country directly above it, which is the position to beat at the next refresh.

Lao PDR by theme

The rankings are grouped by category below, so the economic picture, the health picture and the environmental picture can be read separately. Positions are out of the number of countries each source reports, which differs by ranking.

Finance and crypto

In finance and crypto, Lao PDR holds 9 positions: #3 of 50 in Countries by travel services (65.33 % of service imports, BoP), #8 of 50 in Countries with the lowest unemployment (1.19 %), #16 of 50 in Countries with the highest goods trade as a share of GDP (124.13 % of GDP) and #36 of 50 in Countries with the highest inflation (7.74 %). 5 more rankings are listed below.

Environment and energy

In environment and energy, Lao PDR holds 9 positions: #16 of 50 in Countries with the most threatened mammal species (49), #22 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of electricity from hydropower (75.53 % of total electricity), #23 of 50 in Countries with the highest coal rents as a share of GDP (0.23 % of GDP) and #32 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of electricity from coal (24.25 % of total electricity). 5 more rankings are listed below.

World and society

In world and society, Lao PDR holds 3 positions: #12 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of underweight children under 5 (24.3 % of children under 5), #33 of 50 in Countries with the largest aquaculture production (153.5 thousand metric tons) and #39 of 50 in Countries with the highest average annual precipitation (1,834 mm per year).

Health and wellbeing

In health and wellbeing, Lao PDR holds 3 positions: #16 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of wasted children under 5 (10.7 % of children under 5), #45 of 50 in Countries with the highest out-of-pocket share of health spending (44.84 % of current health expenditure) and #47 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of adults who use tobacco (25.4 % of adults).

What changed at the latest refresh

Comparing each ranking's newest snapshot with the one before it, Lao PDR moved in 24 rankings:

Since the first snapshot

Top10Earth keeps every snapshot it publishes. Where a ranking has been captured at least three times, the first recorded position can be compared with today's:

Where Lao PDR ranks lowest

A guide that only listed wins would be misleading. Lao PDR's lowest current positions are 50th of 50 in Countries by reserves and related items (1,441.69 BoP, current US$ million), 50th of 50 in Countries with the highest share of energy from renewables (49.2 % of total final energy consumption) and 50th of 50 in Countries with the largest external debt (17.84 DOD, current US$ bn). Whether a low position is good or bad depends on the metric: being near the bottom of an emissions or mortality ranking is the better place to be.

Every ranking that includes Lao PDR

How to read these numbers

Each ranking measures one metric from one named source at one time, so a #3 in one table and a #3 in another are not directly comparable. Countries also report in different years: the capture date is when Top10Earth fetched the data, while the source's own year is stated on each ranking page under methodology. For a side-by-side with another country on the same measures, open any ranking and use the head-to-head links, or visit Lao PDR's entity page for the live table and rank-history chart.

Top10Earth never estimates or edits a value. Each number is fetched from its source on a schedule, hashed, stored and ranked by software, then checked by a quality gate before it is published. If a refresh fails that gate the previous snapshot stays live and a person looks at why. Every past snapshot is kept, which is what makes the rank-history charts on each ranking page possible.

Questions people ask about Lao PDR

What is Lao PDR's best ranking on Top10Earth?

#3 in Countries by travel services, with 65.33 % of service imports, BoP (Travel services) as of 2026-10-28.

How many rankings include Lao PDR?

24 current country rankings out of 491 on the site.

Is Lao PDR in the top 10 of anything?

Yes: 2 rankings, including #3 in Countries by travel services and #8 in Countries with the lowest unemployment.

Where do the numbers come from?

From World Bank Open Data. Each ranking page names its source, metric definition and capture date.

When was this guide last updated?

The newest snapshot used here was captured on 2026-11-02. The guide is regenerated automatically as rankings refresh.

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