Political Stability - Number of sources in Laos
Laos: Political Stability - Number of sources was 7 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Stability - Number of sources in Laos, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political stability - number of sources in Laos is 7, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - number of sources in Laos peaked at 7 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3, in 1996.
That places Laos 159th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Political Stability - Number of sources in Laos, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | — |
| 1998 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5 | +66.7% |
| 2005 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 2007 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 7 | +16.7% |
| 2014 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 6 | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 7 | +16.7% |
| 2025 | 7 | +0.0% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 7 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10, 70% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Laos's 7 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7, 1.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.78 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2010s | 6.7 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.83 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Laos
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 - number of sources in Laos?
- Political stability - number of sources in Laos was 7 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest political stability - number of sources recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 7 in 2013.
- What is the lowest political stability - number of sources recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 1996.
- How does Laos rank for political stability - number of sources?
- Laos ranks 159th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - number of sources rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 - Number of sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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