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Lao PDR Unemployment Rate 2020s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
1.53% decade average (2020-2029)

Lao PDR's unemployment rate during the 2020s ranged from 1.17% (2024) to 2.35% (2020), averaging 1.53% over 6 years of data.

2020s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2020 2.35% −0.18pp 16th
2021 2.08% −0.27pp 13th
2022 1.21% −0.87pp 8th
2023 1.19% −0.02pp 8th
2024 1.17% −0.01pp 8th
2025 1.19% +0.01pp 8th