Unemployment rate: Laos
1.187% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.187 |
| 2024 | 1.174 |
| 2023 | 1.186 |
| 2022 | 1.209 |
| 2021 | 2.08 |
| 2020 | 2.349 |
| 2019 | 2.531 |
| 2018 | 2.897 |
| 2017 | 3.268 |
| 2016 | 2.634 |
| 2015 | 2.006 |
| 2014 | 1.733 |
| 2013 | 1.469 |
| 2012 | 1.208 |
| 2011 | 0.96 |
| 2010 | 0.708 |
| 2009 | 0.835 |
| 2008 | 0.944 |
| 2007 | 1.068 |
| 2006 | 1.199 |
| 2005 | 1.35 |
| 2004 | 1.498 |
| 2003 | 1.639 |
| 2002 | 1.775 |
| 2001 | 1.881 |
| 2000 | 2.045 |
| 1999 | 2.154 |
| 1998 | 2.293 |
| 1997 | 2.354 |
| 1996 | 2.45 |
| 1995 | 2.6 |
| 1994 | 2.634 |
| 1993 | 2.732 |
| 1992 | 2.71 |
| 1991 | 2.497 |