# Share of population in poverty ($3 a day): Laos

7.126891613006592% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 7 years from 1992 to 2024 are below.

Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.

Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/extreme-poverty) · [All countries and regions](/extreme-poverty).

## Every year

| Year | Value (%) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 7.126891613006592 |
| 2018 | 15.656700730323792 |
| 2012 | 21.706390380859375 |
| 2007 | 35.95314621925354 |
| 2002 | 43.13264489173889 |
| 1997 | 61.985599994659424 |
| 1992 | 42.140549421310425 |

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