Political Stability: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Laos
Laos: Political Stability: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 67.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Stability - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for in Laos, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Laos recorded 67.8% for political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for in 2025.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for in Laos peaked at 70.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 37.9%, in 2003.
Laos ranks 78th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Political Stability: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Laos, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 56.9% | — |
| 1998 | 51.0% | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 45.2% | -11.5% |
| 2002 | 54.3% | +20.3% |
| 2003 | 37.9% | -30.3% |
| 2004 | 48.3% | +27.5% |
| 2005 | 50.4% | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 56.3% | +11.8% |
| 2007 | 55.1% | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 58.1% | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 56.7% | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 54.3% | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 56.6% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 56.6% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 57.3% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 64.0% | +11.7% |
| 2015 | 64.6% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 63.4% | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 62.4% | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 62.2% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 63.6% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 67.0% | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 67.7% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 69.9% | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 70.6% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 67.7% | -4.2% |
| 2025 | 67.8% | +0.1% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 67.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 50.5%, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Laos's 67.8% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 73.3%, 92% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Political Stability: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Laos changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | -30.3% | 54.3% | 37.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 53.9% | 51.0% | 56.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 51.4% | 37.9% | 58.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 60.5% | 54.3% | 64.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.4% | 67.0% | 70.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Laos
- 75 Netherlands 67.8% compare
- 76 Sao Tome and Principe 67.8% compare
- 77 Austria 67.8% compare
- 79 Hungary 67.5% compare
- 80 Trinidad and Tobago 66.6% compare
- 81 Italy 66.5% compare
More reference data data for Laos
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6615 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.913 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.88 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3021 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.88 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 3.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.07 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 12.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.64 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for in Laos?
- Political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for in Laos was 67.8% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 70.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.9% in 2003.
- How does Laos rank for political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for?
- Laos ranks 78th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Political Stability - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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