Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Laos
Laos: Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score was 70 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Laos, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Laos 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 Laos peaked at 70 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 49.13, in 2009.
That places Laos 118th out of 191 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.
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Laos, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 49.13 | — |
| 2010 | 49.13 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 49.13 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 49.13 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 49.13 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 49.13 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 62.17 | +26.5% |
| 2016 | 62.17 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 62.17 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 62.17 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 70 | +12.6% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 70 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 70, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Laos's 70 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 80.87, 87% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49.13 | 49.13 | 49.13 | 1 |
| 2010s | 56.43 | 49.13 | 70 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Laos
More private sector data for Laos
- 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)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,572 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6762 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 31.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: time (days) - score in Laos?
- Getting electricity: time (days) - score in Laos was 70 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 70 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.13 in 2009.
- How does Laos rank for getting electricity: time (days) - score?
- Laos ranks 118th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: time (days) - score rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.5%. 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 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.