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Lao PDR Unemployment Rate 2010s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
1.94% decade average (2010-2019)

Lao PDR's unemployment rate during the 2010s ranged from 0.71% (2010) to 3.27% (2017), averaging 1.94% over 10 years of data.

2010s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2010 0.71% −0.13pp 4th
2011 0.96% +0.25pp 8th
2012 1.21% +0.25pp 10th
2013 1.47% +0.26pp 11th
2014 1.73% +0.26pp 15th
2015 2.01% +0.27pp 17th
2016 2.63% +0.63pp 25th
2017 3.27% +0.63pp 36th
2018 2.90% −0.37pp 32nd
2019 2.53% −0.37pp 30th