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Laos: Inflation

Percent · 1970–2025 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
7.74%percent
Change on 2024
−15.4 pointsfrom 23.1%
Average, 2016–2025
10.2%10 years
Record high and low
188.8% (1980)low −26.3% (1990)

Inflation

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20319.00Forecast
20308.70Forecast
20298.14Forecast
20288.01Forecast
20278.49Forecast
20269.65Forecast
20257.74
202423.1
202331.2
202223.0
20213.76
20205.13
20193.32
20182.03
20170.66
20161.60

Sources

  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1988–2025
  • Clio Infra1989–2010
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1989–2025
  • World Development Indicators1989–2025
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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