COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Lao PDR GDP Deflator Inflation
Lao PDR gdp deflator inflation: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
NY.GDP.DEFL.KD.ZG| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,55 | -6,50 |
| 2024 | 14,05 | -10,37 |
| 2023 | 24,42 | 8,65 |
| 2022 | 15,77 | 12,06 |
| 2021 | 3,71 | -1,32 |
| 2020 | 5,03 | 3,84 |
| 2019 | 1,20 | -0,72 |
| 2018 | 1,92 | 0,07 |
| 2017 | 1,85 | -1,17 |
| 2016 | 3,02 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency.
Source organization: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 03:51:46. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
29 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 21:24:06 | 2020 | 5,03 | 5,03 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 21:24:06 | 2021 | 3,71 | 3,71 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 21:24:06 | 2022 | 15,77 | 15,77 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 21:24:06 | 2023 | 24,42 | 24,42 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 21:24:06 | 2024 | 14,05 | 14,05 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 21:24:06 | 2025 | 7,55 | 7,55 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-27 02:07:05 | 2025 | 7,55 | 7,55 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 05:36:02 | 2020 | 5,03 | 5,03 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 05:36:02 | 2021 | 3,71 | 3,71 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 05:36:02 | 2022 | 15,77 | 15,77 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 05:36:02 | 2023 | 24,42 | 24,42 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 05:36:02 | 2024 | 14,05 | 14,05 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 05:36:02 | 2025 | 7,55 | 7,55 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 02:41:23 | 2020 | 5,03 | 5,03 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 02:41:23 | 2021 | 3,71 | 3,71 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 02:41:23 | 2022 | 15,77 | 15,77 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 02:41:23 | 2023 | 24,42 | 24,42 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 02:41:23 | 2024 | 14,05 | 14,05 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 02:41:23 | 2025 | 7,55 | 7,55 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2016 | 3,02 | 3,02 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2017 | 1,85 | 1,85 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2018 | 1,92 | 1,92 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2019 | 1,20 | 1,20 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2020 | 5,03 | 5,03 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2021 | 3,71 | 3,71 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2022 | 15,77 | 15,77 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2023 | 24,42 | 24,42 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2024 | 14,05 | 14,05 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2025 | 7,55 | 7,55 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesLao PDR recorded 7,55 percent in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the gdp deflator inflation decreased by 6,50.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 10 observations from 2016 to 2025, the average was 7,85; the minimum was 1,20 in 2019 and the maximum was 24,42 in 2023.
Lao PDR ranks 39 out of 213 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for East Asia & Pacific.
It is also below the available average for the Lower middle income group.
Economy-wide price changes in domestically produced output.