Fiji vs Laos: Share of the population with access to basic services

Fiji

95.9%

in 2024

Laos

96.5%

in 2024

Fiji rank

149th

Laos rank

146th

Share of the population with access to basic services over time

Fiji
Laos

How they compare

Laos currently reports 96.5% against 95.9% in Fiji, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Fiji ahead.

Fiji ranks 149th and Laos ranks 146th of 214 countries.

Individual pages

Share of the population with access to basic services in Fiji
Share of the population with access to basic services in Laos
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Share of the population with access to basic services
Unit: % of population
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.