Lao PDR's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) was 15.75 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 53.66% from 10.25 trillion in 2015 (4.39% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 15.75 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 13.32 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 10.25 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 15.75 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 3.06 trillion | 2000 |
| Average since 2016 | 13.48 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 3.06 trillion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Lao PDR's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) rose 4.5% on 2024 (from 15.07 trillion to 15.75 trillion).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2024), the average change was +6.9% and a typical year strayed about 3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 13.1% in 2014. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 465.82 billion a year. A straight line explains 97% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Lao PDR had the 10th highest value of the 152 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Lao PDR in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Taxes less subsidies on products are taxes payable per unit of a good or service. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 26 values
| Year | Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 15,747,166,921,700 |
| 2024 | 15,065,743,350,000 |
| 2023 | 14,468,179,658,000 |
| 2022 | 13,945,805,252,000 |
| 2021 | 13,578,185,746,000 |
| 2020 | 13,319,557,450,000 |
| 2019 | 13,253,000,000,000 |
| 2018 | 12,558,000,000,000 |
| 2017 | 11,822,000,000,000 |
| 2016 | 11,051,000,000,000 |
Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Australia — 171.12 billion (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — -374.3 million (2025)
- Cambodia — 9.98 trillion (2025)
- Fiji — 1.9 billion (2025)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 125.29 billion (2025)
- Indonesia — 577.31 trillion (2025)
- Kiribati — 1.03 million (2024)
- Korea, Rep. — 166.18 trillion (2025)
- Macao SAR, China — 893 million (2024)
- Malaysia
More economic policy & debt data for Lao PDR
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$347.91 million (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$90.18 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan (current US$) — US$41.74 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$435.39 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$514.84 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$514.84 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$514.84 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Lao PDR's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU)?
- 15.75 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 415.41% from 3.06 trillion in 2000 (6.78% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 15.75 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 3.06 trillion in 2000.
- How does Lao PDR rank?
- 10th highest of 152 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) unusual for Lao PDR?
- In 2025, Lao PDR's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) rose 4.5% on 2024 (from 15.07 trillion to 15.75 trillion). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2024), the average change was +6.9% and a typical year strayed about 3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.TAX.NIND.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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