Employers, total (% of total employment) in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Employers, total (% of total employment) was 0.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Lao People's Democratic Republic recorded 0.8% for employers, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, total (% of total employment) in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 0.8% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1992.
That places Lao People's Democratic Republic 177th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.4% | — |
| 1992 | 0.3% | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 0.4% | +7.6% |
| 1994 | 0.4% | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 0.4% | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.4% | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 0.4% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.6% | +26.4% |
| 1999 | 0.6% | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 0.6% | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 0.6% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.6% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 0.7% | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | +16.6% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | -6.5% |
| 2024 | 0.8% | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 0.8% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1,934 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.2 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 3,788 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 1.25 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.16 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 19,084 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 6,038 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 65.37 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.63 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 1.83 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, total (% of total employment) in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Employers, total (% of total employment) in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 0.8% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2012.
- What is the lowest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1992.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for employers, total (% of total employment)?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 177th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).