Sworn Score
Country profile
Lao PDR
Asia · Capital: Vientiane
Score 41.0 ± 2 · Rank #137 of scored countries in 2002.
Based on 111/123 indicators, avg data age 0.1 years.
Category breakdown
How Lao PDR scores across the 7 dimensions
Weight-normalized averages over the indicators that have data. Categories below 70% coverage of their own indicators are suppressed.
Health
35.0
Economy
55.1
Governance
30.2
Education
44.0
Infrastructure
11.5
Environment
64.5
Rights
48.5
Promises
Latest promise updates
1 achieved · 4 on track · 12 failing · 1 tracking
History
Lao PDR — Sworn Score over time
Each year is a snapshot using that year's methodology (trimmed-bounds over the trailing 5-year value pool). Click a column header to sort.
Change since 1985: +20.1 points
| Year | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41.5 | 146 |
| 2025 | 42.6 | 145 |
| 2024 | 43.0 | 146 |
| 2023 | 43.1 | 145 |
| 2022 | 44.3 | 143 |
| 2021 | 45.2 | 139 |
| 2020 | 44.2 | 137 |
| 2019 | 46.3 | 138 |
| 2018 | 46.5 | 136 |
| 2017 | 46.1 | 135 |
| 2016 | 46.5 | 132 |
| 2015 | 46.6 | 127 |
| 2014 | 45.7 | 132 |
| 2013 | 44.9 | 132 |
| 2012 | 45.2 | 132 |
| 2011 | 45.1 | 133 |
| 2010 | 44.4 | 133 |
| 2009 | 44.3 | 134 |
| 2008 | 43.6 | 136 |
| 2007 | 43.5 | 138 |
| 2006 | 43.6 | 135 |
| 2005 | 41.9 | 140 |
| 2004 | 40.0 | 142 |
| 2003 | 39.5 | 138 |
| 2002 | 41.0 | 137 |
| 2001 | 40.0 | 139 |
| 2000 | 40.1 | 138 |
| 1999 | 45.8 | 126 |
| 1998 | 45.5 | 125 |
| 1997 | 39.8 | 135 |
| 1996 | 40.6 | 134 |
| 1995 | 42.5 | 154 |
| 1994 | 39.3 | 156 |
| 1993 | 37.7 | 156 |
| 1992 | 41.4 | 144 |
| 1991 | 43.2 | 123 |
| 1990 | 41.1 | 123 |
| 1989 | 25.1 | 124 |
| 1988 | 25.4 | 119 |
| 1987 | 23.0 | 118 |
| 1986 | 22.9 | 114 |
| 1985 | 21.4 | 107 |
| 1984 | — | — |
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| 1965 | — | — |