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Laos

Overview

Health indicators, mortality rates, disease burden, and healthcare infrastructure data for Laos.

Healthcare Quality

Oyster healthcare score
12
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Stored score on a 0–100 scale. Oyster List uses several healthcare proxy methods; this row does not record its input sources, observation year, or formula version. It cannot be identified as a direct WHO or World Bank score. Scoring limitations.

WHO Health Indicators

Browse the latest available value for each stored sex, age, other dimension and unit combination across these pages. Different scopes are separate series. Periods can be old; a recent import does not make an old period current. Future-dated periods are listed separately because the stored data does not identify observation versus projection status.

58 scoped series entries across 33 indicators. Up to 50 entries per page; category counts below refer to this page.

Suicide deaths
2.920690
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2007
Sex: Female · Age: Total years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 16BBF41 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 16BBF41_3.4.2 - Suicide/418_16BBF41_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Suicide deaths
6.745048
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2007
Sex: Male · Age: Total years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 16BBF41 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 16BBF41_3.4.2 - Suicide/418_16BBF41_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Suicide deaths
4.846287
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2007
Sex: Total · Age: Total years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 16BBF41 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 16BBF41_3.4.2 - Suicide/418_16BBF41_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Non-communicable diseases deaths (age 30 to 70)
28.000000
Unit: % of 30 year olds · Period: 2005
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1F96863 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1F96863_3.4.1 - cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease/418_1F96863_Dataset_2024-12-18.csv
Non-communicable diseases deaths (age 30 to 70)
36.000000
Unit: % of 30 year olds · Period: 2005
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1F96863 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1F96863_3.4.1 - cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease/418_1F96863_Dataset_2024-12-18.csv
Non-communicable diseases deaths (age 30 to 70)
31.800000
Unit: % of 30 year olds · Period: 2005
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1F96863 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1F96863_3.4.1 - cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease/418_1F96863_Dataset_2024-12-18.csv
Homicide deaths
3.670980
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2021
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 361734E · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 361734E_16.1.1 - Intentional homicide/418_361734E_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Homicide deaths
11.851998
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2001
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 361734E · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 361734E_16.1.1 - Intentional homicide/418_361734E_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Poisoning deaths (unintentional)
0.210118
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2021
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 84FD3DE · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 84FD3DE_3.9.3 - Unintentional poisoning/418_84FD3DE_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Poisoning deaths (unintentional)
0.611420
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2006
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 84FD3DE · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 84FD3DE_3.9.3 - Unintentional poisoning/418_84FD3DE_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Mortality rate (neonetal)
35.639466
Unit: deaths per 1000 live births · Period: 2003
Sex: Total · Age: 0 to 27 days
WHO data portal · Indicator: A4C49D3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: A4C49D3_3.2.2- Neonatal mortality rate/418_A4C49D3_Dataset_2024-05-16.csv
Maternal mortality ratio
112.151366
Unit: deaths per 100 000 live births · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: AC597B1 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: AC597B1_3.1.1 - Maternal mortality ratio/418_AC597B1_Dataset_2025-04-10.csv
Road traffic deaths
16.400000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2021
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: D6176E2 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D6176E2_3.6.1 - Deaths due to road traffic injuries/418_D6176E2_Dataset_2024-02-05.csv
Air pollution deaths (age-standardized)
169.041000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2018
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E2FC6D7 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E2FC6D7_3.9.1 - Household and ambient air pollution/418_E2FC6D7_Dataset_2025-05-02.csv
Air pollution deaths (age-standardized)
225.165000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2018
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E2FC6D7 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E2FC6D7_3.9.1 - Household and ambient air pollution/418_E2FC6D7_Dataset_2025-05-02.csv
Air pollution deaths (age-standardized)
194.820000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2018
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E2FC6D7 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E2FC6D7_3.9.1 - Household and ambient air pollution/418_E2FC6D7_Dataset_2025-05-02.csv
Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene services deaths
19.700000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2019
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: ED50112 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: ED50112_3.9.2 - Unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene/418_ED50112_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene services deaths
21.400000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2019
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: ED50112 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: ED50112_3.9.2 - Unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene/418_ED50112_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene services deaths
20.500000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2019
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: ED50112 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: ED50112_3.9.2 - Unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene/418_ED50112_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Malaria cases
0.286583
Unit: cases per 1000 · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 442CEA8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 442CEA8_3.3.3 - Malaria/418_442CEA8_Dataset_2024-03-08.csv
HIV infections
0.160000
Unit: infections per 1000 · Period: 2024
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 77D059C · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 77D059C_3.3.1 - HIV infections/418_77D059C_Dataset_2025-03-26.csv
Tuberculosis cases
132.000000
Unit: cases per 100 000 · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: C288D13 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: C288D13_3.3.2 - Tuberculosis/418_C288D13_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Stunting in children (under 5)
29.100000
Unit: % of children · Period: 2022
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 5F8A486 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 5F8A486_2.2.1 - Stunting/418_5F8A486_Dataset_2025-05-08.csv
Tobacco use
7.600000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2025
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/418_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
5.600000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2030
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified

Future-dated period · Projection status not recorded; do not interpret as a current observation.

WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/418_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
42.700000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2025
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/418_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
38.900000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2030
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified

Future-dated period · Projection status not recorded; do not interpret as a current observation.

WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/418_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
25.100000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2025
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/418_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
22.200000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2030
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified

Future-dated period · Projection status not recorded; do not interpret as a current observation.

WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/418_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Obesity in adults (age 18+)
3.382476
Unit: % of adults · Period: 2001
Sex: Female · Age: 18 plus years
WHO data portal · Indicator: BEFA58B · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: BEFA58B/418_BEFA58B_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Obesity in adults (age 18+)
1.683306
Unit: % of adults · Period: 2001
Sex: Male · Age: 18 plus years
WHO data portal · Indicator: BEFA58B · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: BEFA58B/418_BEFA58B_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Obesity in adults (age 18+)
2.545421
Unit: % of adults · Period: 2001
Sex: Total · Age: 18 plus years
WHO data portal · Indicator: BEFA58B · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: BEFA58B/418_BEFA58B_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Intimate partner violence prevalence among ever partnered women in their lifetime (%)
19.000000
Unit: % of women · Period: 2018
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E0D4E17 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E0D4E17_5.2.2 - Sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner (last 12 months)/418_E0D4E17_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed sanitation services
59.798530
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: 12EE54A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 12EE54A_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/418_12EE54A_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed sanitation services
61.127450
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Total
WHO data portal · Indicator: 12EE54A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 12EE54A_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/418_12EE54A_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed drinking-water services
12.381360
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1548EA3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1548EA3_6.1.1 - Safely managed drinking water/418_1548EA3_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed drinking-water services
17.872080
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Total
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1548EA3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1548EA3_6.1.1 - Safely managed drinking water/418_1548EA3_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed drinking-water services
22.586590
Unit: % of population · Period: 2004
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Urban
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1548EA3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1548EA3_6.1.1 - Safely managed drinking water/418_1548EA3_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population with primary reliance on clean fuels
2.700000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: 6A64C9A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 6A64C9A_7.1.2 - Clean fuels/418_6A64C9A_Dataset_2024-04-29.csv
Safely treated domestic wastewater flows
10.297829
Unit: % of wastewater flows · Period: 2024
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: A37BDD6 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: A37BDD6_6.3.1 - Safely treated wastewater/418_A37BDD6_Dataset_2025-05-12.csv
Population using hand-washing facilities with soap and water
45.558750
Unit: % of population · Period: 2021
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: D1223E8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D1223E8_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/418_D1223E8_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using hand-washing facilities with soap and water
55.810020
Unit: % of population · Period: 2021
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Total
WHO data portal · Indicator: D1223E8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D1223E8_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/418_D1223E8_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using hand-washing facilities with soap and water
73.310630
Unit: % of population · Period: 2021
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Urban
WHO data portal · Indicator: D1223E8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D1223E8_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/418_D1223E8_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Births attended by health personnel
80.000000
Unit: % of births · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1772666 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1772666_3.1.2 - Births attended by skilled health personnel/418_1772666_Dataset_2025-04-07.csv
Density of doctors
3.310000
Unit: per 10 000 population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 217795A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 217795A_3.C.1 - Health worker density and distribution/418_217795A_Dataset_2025-04-30.csv
Density of nurses and midwives
10.270000
Unit: per 10 000 population · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 5C8435F · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 5C8435F_3.C.1 - Health worker density and distribution/418_5C8435F_Dataset_2025-04-30.csv
General government expenditure on domestic health
4.253551
Unit: % spent on health · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: B9C6C79 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: B9C6C79_1.a.2 - Government spending essential services/418_B9C6C79_Dataset_2025-04-04.csv
Density of pharmacists
2.270000
Unit: per 10 000 population · Period: 2020
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 45CA7C8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 45CA7C8_3.C.1 - Health worker density and distribution/418_45CA7C8_Dataset_2025-04-30.csv
Hypertension in adults (age 30 to 79)
31.200000
Unit: % of 30 - 79 year olds · Period: 2018
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 608DE39 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 608DE39/418_608DE39_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Family planning satisfied with modern methods
72.300000
Unit: % of women · Period: 2017
Sex: Female · Age: 15 to 49 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 8074BD9 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 8074BD9_3.7.1 - Women satisfied with modern methods/418_8074BD9_Dataset_2025-05-06.csv

World Bank Health Indicators

Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (% of ever-partnered women ages 15-49)
6.40
2014 · World Bank
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
4.53
2020 · World Bank
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
10.82
2020 · World Bank
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
17.08
2020 · World Bank
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
28.60
2023 · World Bank
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
41.40
2019 · World Bank
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
28.50
2023 · World Bank
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
25.64
2019 · World Bank
Number of infant deaths
5715.00
2023 · World Bank
Number of infant deaths, female
2453.00
2023 · World Bank
Number of infant deaths, male
3262.00
2023 · World Bank
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
9.02
2019 · World Bank
Number of under-five deaths
6350.00
2023 · World Bank
Number of under-five deaths, female
2733.00
2023 · World Bank
Number of under-five deaths, male
3617.00
2023 · World Bank
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
65.34
2019 · World Bank
Number of neonatal deaths
3265.00
2023 · World Bank
Number of stillbirths
2373.00
2023 · World Bank
Women's share of population ages 15+ living with HIV (%)
36.00
2024 · World Bank
Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)
0.40
2024 · World Bank
Sources: WHO World Bank

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