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GDL Area Profile Report

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Luangnamtha (Lao PDR)

This GDL Area Profile Report provides an overview of the major social and economic characteristics of the region or country. The figures are derived from the most recent national household survey available at the Global Data Lab. These and many other indicators can also be downloaded freely from the GDL Area Database. Further information on the indicators is available at the bottom of this report and at the GDL website.

Level of development Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
International Wealth Index (IWI) value1 68.1 1.67 9 / 17 ( 6 ) 2017
Poverty Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Percentage poor households (IWI value under 70) 45.4 -2.98 10 / 17 ( 5 ) 2017
Percentage poorer households (IWI value under 50) 21.5 -2.60 9 / 17 ( 5 ) 2017
Percentage poorest households (IWI value under 35) 10.3 -1.67 9 / 17 ( 6 ) 2017
Education Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Mean years education population aged 20+ 4.24 0.08 1 / 17 ( 2 ) 2017
Mean years education of women aged 20+ 3.23 0.07 1 / 17 ( 2 ) 2017
Mean years education of men aged 20+ 5.31 0.09 2 / 17 ( 2 ) 2017
Educational attendance Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Educational attendance children aged 6-8 (%) 81.0 0.94 6 / 17 ( 4 ) 2017
Educational attendance children aged 9-11 (%) 94.5 0.57 8 / 17 ( 5 ) 2017
Educational attendance children aged 12-14 (%) 82.8 0.75 7 / 17 ( 3 ) 2017
Educational attendance children aged 15-17 (%) 74.1 3.41 13 / 17 ( 5 ) 2017
Educational attendance children aged 18-20 (%) 31.5 1.72 5 / 17 ( 3 ) 2017
Educational attendance children aged 21-23 (%) 10.4 1.20 9 / 17 ( 2 ) 2017
Position of women Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Mean age difference partners (husband-wife) 3.02 -0.10 3 / 17 ( 2 ) 2017
Mean age at first marriage of women aged 20-50 19.2 0.13 11 / 17 ( 4 ) 2017
Mean age at first birth of women aged 20-50 20.5 0.02 9 / 17 ( 5 ) 2017
Percentage of women in 50+ population 56.9 1.06 17 / 17 ( 9 ) 2017
Patrilocality Index (positive values patrilocal) 0.81 0.05 14 / 17 ( 6 ) 2017
Position of children Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Infant mortality rate 42.2 -5.27 8 / 17 ( 7 ) 2017
Under five mortality rate 53.9 -8.16 8 / 17 ( 7 ) 2017
Percentage stunted children 34.1 -3.82 8 / 17 ( 8 ) 2017
Percentage wasted children 3.00 -3.64 1 / 17 ( 4 ) 2017
Percentage underweight children 18.9 -4.24 4 / 17 ( 8 ) 2017
Percentage overweight children 1.80 -0.86 1 / 17 ( 2 ) 2017
Asset ownership Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Percentage households with a TV 73.8 2.45 7 / 17 ( 6 ) 2017
Percentage households with a refrigerator 49.5 5.23 7 / 17 ( 5 ) 2017
Percentage households with a washing machine 14.3 2.07 7 / 17 ( 3 ) 2017
Percentage households with a motorbike 86.5 3.18 8 / 17 ( 10 ) 2017
Percentage households with a computer 8.82 - 8 / 17 ( 4 ) 2017
Access to public services Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Percentage of households with electricity 91.6 3.15 7 / 17 ( 6 ) 2017
Percentage households with a phone 90.3 1.97 9 / 17 ( 6 ) 2017
Percentage households with internet access 6.76 - 17 / 17 ( 3 ) 2017
Population Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Total area population in millions 0.20 0.00 3 / 17 ( 2 ) 2017
Share of national population living in area 2.82 0.01 3 / 17 ( 3 ) 2017
Average household size 4.73 -0.05 8 / 17 ( 5 ) 2017
Percentage population in urban areas 28.5 1.43 11 / 17 ( 4 ) 2017
Demographic window phase 2 0 3 / 17 ( 6 ) 2017
Dependency ratio 64.7 -0.34 6 / 17 ( 5 ) 2017
Quality of housing Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Percentage households with three or more sleeping rooms 16.5 0.11 5 / 17 ( 2 ) 2017
Percentage households cooking on wood, straw, grass, dung etc. 100 0.13 10 / 10 ( 11 ) 2017

Meaning of the menu items: Value: Indicator value in GDL Area Database. Trend: Average yearly change in indicator value since preceding survey. National rank: Within-country rank on indicator (1 is highest value within country). Continent rank: Within continent rank on indicator (continents are America, Africa, Asia/Pacific and (Eastern) Europe). LMIC decile: Decile position on indicator among 1300+ regions within 125+ low and middle income countries.

The indicators presented in this GDL Profile Report are created by aggregating to the sub-national and national level from representative household surveys. Detailed information on the data and methods used is available here and in Smits (2016).

1 The International Wealth Index (IWI) is an asset-based index that measures the economic situation of households in LMICs on the basis of their ownership of assets, housing quality and access to public services. IWI runs from 0 to 100, with 0 meaning none of the assets and lowest quality housing and services and 100 all assets and highest quality housing and services (Smits & Steendijk, 2015).

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