Existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Existence of a national strategy for youth employment was 2 score in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
2 score
Change on year
up 100.0%
World rank
42nd
of 75 countries
All-time high
2 score
in 2019
All-time low
1 score
in 2023
Years of data
5
2019–2025
Existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2019–2025
Source: International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in score.
Analysis
Lao People's Democratic Republic recorded 2 score for existence of a national strategy for youth employment in 2025. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 100.0% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
That places Lao People's Democratic Republic 42nd out of 75 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 score | — |
| 2020 | 2 score | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2 score | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 score | -50.0% |
| 2025 | 2 score | +100.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2 score | 2 score | 2 score | 1 |
| 2020s | 1.75 score | 1 score | 2 score | 4 |
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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)
- 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)
- Legislation on sexual harassment in employment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Criminal sanctions or compensation for workplace sexual harassment 0 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Women can take the same jobs as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 66.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 2 score in 2025, according to International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest existence of a national strategy for youth employment recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 2 score in 2019.
- What is the lowest existence of a national strategy for youth employment recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 score in 2023.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for existence of a national strategy for youth employment?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 42nd out of 75 countries with data for 2025.
- Is existence of a national strategy for youth employment rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Existence of a national strategy for youth employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of development and implementation of a national strategy for youth employment, in a scale from 0 to 3. 0 means no strategy exists, and 3 means that the strategy is developed and operationalized.