Portulans Institute

Lao PDR

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Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle income
Regional Group Eastern, Southeastern Asia and Oceania
Population (Total) 7,769,819
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 8,735

Performance Overview

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LAO

Country

Lao PDR

Score

33.04

Rank

106

Input

106

Output

105

Enable

39.17

Attract

40.60

Grow

26.86

Retain

36.87

VT

42.61

GA

12.12

Pillar: Enable Score: 39.17Rank: 102
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Regulatory Landscape

42.24 91

1. Government effectiveness

35.54104

2. Rule of law

32.02109

3. Political stability

85.3221

4. Regulatory quality

25.34119

5. Corruption

33.0091

Market Landscape

34.89 109

1. Extent of market dominance

52.0149

2. Domestic credit to private sector

n/an/a

3. Cluster development

60.3129

4. R&D expenditure

n/an/a

5. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

28.79122

6. Internet access in schools

5.3684

7. Urbanisation

27.99115

Business & Labour Landscape

40.37 103

1. Labour rights

39.80117

2. Labour-employer cooperation

66.8436

3. Professional management

73.6520

4. Relationship of pay to productivity

53.2249

5. Enterprise software

9.04112

6. Cloud computing

7.75109

7. Firms with website

32.2893
Pillar: Attract Score: 40.60Rank: 111
SCORERANK

External Openness

23.41 111

1. FDI regulatory restrictiveness

0.0098

2. Financial globalisation

67.4752

3. Migrant stock

1.12117

4. International students

1.9597

5. Brain gain

46.4875

6. AI skills migration

n/an/a

Internal Openness

57.79 94

1. Tolerance of minorities

26.6097

2. Tolerance of immigrants

7.69129

3. Social mobility

70.1627

4. Economic empowerment of women

85.6360

5. Gender parity in high-skilled jobs

77.7063

6. Leadership opportunities for women

78.9813
Pillar: Grow Score: 26.86Rank: 99
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Formal Education

3.04 124

1. Vocational enrolment

2.81115

2. Tertiary enrolment

7.43107

3. Tertiary education expenditure

1.9292

4. Reading, maths, and science

n/an/a

5. University ranking

0.0079

Lifelong Learning

37.41 64

1. Business masters education

0.0064

2. Prevalence of training in firms

40.1054

3. Employee development

72.1214

Access to Growth Opportunities

40.15 95

1. Delegation of authority

52.5588

2. Youth inclusion

52.7087

3. Use of virtual social networks

53.0786

4. Use of virtual professional networks

2.27120
Pillar: Retain Score: 36.87Rank: 106
SCORERANK

Sustainability

35.53 109

1. Pension coverage

6.17128

2. Social protection

38.8284

3. Brain retention

73.388

4. Environmental performance

26.30132

5. Vulnerable employment

14.75124

6. Protect Against Future Disasters

45.9571

7. Household Financial Resilience

43.3242

Lifestyle

38.21 105

1. Personal rights

12.68123

2. Personal safety

50.9390

3. Physician density

4.69109

4. Sanitation

76.2897

5. Employee Wellbeing / Happiness score (life ladder)

46.4688
Pillar: Vocational and Technical Skills (VT) Score: 42.61Rank: 86
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Mid-level Skills

23.69 103

1. Workforce with secondary education

23.02102

2. Population with secondary education

20.2093

3. Technicians and associate professionals

27.8473

4. Labour productivity per employee

n/an/a

Employability

61.53 70

1. Ease of finding skilled employees

61.7144

2. Relevance of education system to the economy

49.7654

3. Skills matching

41.9793

4. Highly educated unemployment

92.6610
Pillar: Generalist Adaptive Skills (GA) Score: 12.12Rank: 119
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High-level Skills

21.77 91

1. Workforce with tertiary education

12.53101

2. Soft Skills

67.1023

3. Professionals

3.47128

4. Researchers

n/an/a

5. Senior officials and managers

3.97115

6. Digital skills

n/an/a

7. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Talent Impact

2.47 132

1. ICT services exports

2.00117

2. Mobile apps development

n/an/a

3. Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade)

0.00121

4. High-value exports

11.3464

5. Software development

0.49120

6. New business density

0.61119

7. Scientific journal articles

0.36118

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