Area Database (v4.2)

Wealth, Poverty, Assets
% poor households (with IWI value under 70)
Subnational regions
Lao
All years

% poor households (with IWI value under 70)

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Lao (Asia/Pacific)  
Total 66.1 62.7 59.2 55.8 52.4 48.9 45.5 42.0 38.6 35.1 31.7 28.2
Attapeu 86.7 82.7 78.7 74.6 70.6 66.6 62.5 58.5 54.5 50.4 46.4 42.3
Bokeo 71.0 66.7 62.3 58.0 53.7 49.3 45.0 40.7 36.4 32.0 27.7 23.4
Borikhamxay 44.9 41.4 38.0 34.5 31.0 27.6 24.1 20.7 17.2 13.7 10.3 6.81
Champasack 79.0 73.2 67.4 61.6 55.8 50.0 44.2 38.4 32.6 26.8 21.0 15.2
Huaphanh 80.2 78.7 77.3 75.8 74.3 72.8 71.3 69.8 68.3 66.8 65.4 63.9
Khammuane 77.2 72.4 67.7 62.9 58.2 53.4 48.7 43.9 39.2 34.4 29.7 24.9
Luangnamtha 69.2 66.2 63.2 60.3 57.3 54.3 51.3 48.3 45.4 42.4 39.4 36.4
Luangprabang 74.7 72.1 69.4 66.7 64.0 61.4 58.7 56.0 53.4 50.7 48.0 45.4
Oudomxay 94.9 90.4 86.0 81.5 77.1 72.6 68.1 63.7 59.2 54.8 50.3 45.8
Phongsaly 96.7 92.8 89.0 85.2 81.4 77.6 73.8 69.9 66.1 62.3 58.5 54.7
Saravane 87.8 85.2 82.7 80.2 77.7 75.1 72.6 70.1 67.5 65.0 62.5 59.9
Savannakhet 78.4 74.2 70.0 65.9 61.7 57.5 53.3 49.2 45.0 40.8 36.6 32.5
Sayabury 69.3 64.0 58.7 53.4 48.1 42.8 37.5 32.2 26.9 21.6 16.3 11.1
Sekong 86.9 83.5 80.2 76.8 73.4 70.1 66.7 63.4 60.0 56.6 53.3 49.9
Vientiane Municipality 12.2 11.2 10.1 9.11 8.09 7.07 6.05 5.03 4.01 2.99 1.97 0.95
Vientiane Province 37.9 36.7 35.5 34.4 33.2 32.0 30.9 29.7 28.6 27.4 26.2 25.1
Xiengkhuang 81.0 75.7 70.4 65.1 59.7 54.4 49.1 43.8 38.5 33.2 27.9 22.6
Lighter numbers are estimates