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Lao PDR Lowest Unemployment Rate

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0.71% in 2010

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

The lowest unemployment rate in Lao PDR was 0.71% in 2010. The top 5 years were: 2010 (0.71%), 2009 (0.84%), 2008 (0.94%), 2011 (0.96%), 2007 (1.07%).

Top 5 Lowest Years▾

Lao PDR Top 5 Lowest Unemployment Rate Years
Rank	Year	Value
1st	2010	0.71%
2nd	2009	0.84%
3rd	2008	0.94%
4th	2011	0.96%
5th	2007	1.07%

All Data (sorted by value)▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2025	1.19%	+0.01pp	8th
2024	1.17%	−0.01pp	8th
2023	1.19%	−0.02pp	8th
2022	1.21%	−0.87pp	8th
2013	1.47%	+0.26pp	11th
2012	1.21%	+0.25pp	10th
2011	0.96%	+0.25pp	8th
2010	0.71%	−0.13pp	4th
2014	1.73%	+0.26pp	15th
2009	0.84%	−0.11pp	5th
2008	0.94%	−0.12pp	7th
2021	2.08%	−0.27pp	13th
2020	2.35%	−0.18pp	16th
2015	2.01%	+0.27pp	17th
2007	1.07%	−0.13pp	7th
2006	1.20%	−0.15pp	9th
2005	1.35%	−0.15pp	8th
2004	1.50%	−0.14pp	9th
2019	2.53%	−0.37pp	30th
2016	2.63%	+0.63pp	25th
2003	1.64%	−0.14pp	11th
2002	1.78%	−0.11pp	10th
2001	1.88%	−0.16pp	13th
2018	2.90%	−0.37pp	32nd
2000	2.05%	−0.11pp	15th
1999	2.15%	−0.14pp	16th
2017	3.27%	+0.63pp	36th
1998	2.29%	−0.06pp	20th
1997	2.35%	−0.10pp	21st
1996	2.45%	−0.15pp	24th
1995	2.60%	−0.03pp	25th
1994	2.63%	−0.10pp	27th
1993	2.73%	+0.02pp	35th
1992	2.71%	+0.21pp	40th
1991	2.50%	–	41st

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