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Surprising facts about Laos
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Laos’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Laos among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Laos sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Laos across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Laos
vs Myanmar 
vs Cambodia 
vs China 
vs Thailand 
vs Vietnam