Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Lao PDR
Lao PDR: Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score was 70 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Lao PDR, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Lao PDR recorded 70 for getting electricity: time (days) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 12.6% on the previous year and up 42.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Lao PDR peaked at 70 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 49.13, in 2009.
That places Lao PDR 115th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49.13 | 49.13 | 49.13 | 1 |
| 2010s | 56.43 | 49.13 | 70 | 10 |
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More private sector data for Lao PDR
- Merchandise trade 124.1% (2025)
- Food imports 12.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 10.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 32.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 12.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.73 billion current US$ (2024)
- Transport services 27.6% (2024)
- Computer, communications and other services 6.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: time (days) - score in Lao PDR?
- Getting electricity: time (days) - score in Lao PDR was 70 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Lao PDR?
- The highest recorded value was 70 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Lao PDR?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.13 in 2009.
- How does Lao PDR rank for getting electricity: time (days) - score?
- Lao PDR ranks 115th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: time (days) - score rising or falling in Lao PDR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lao PDR data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for time benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.