Last updated: 12/11/2021 Laos Region: East Asia & PacificCapital: VientianeCurrency: LAK Social Protection and Economic Data Income Category: Lower middle income Data from World Bank (2021) Population growth (%): 1.47% Data from World Bank (2020) Human Development Index (HDI): 0.61 Data from Human Development Report (2019) Age dependency ratio (%): 56.76% Data from World Bank (2021) Population: 7 275 556 Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP): 19.14 bi Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita: 2 630.20 Data from World Bank (2020) Resources on socialprotection.org Legal and Policy Frameworks Legal instrument 2 Policy document 3 Programmes Social assistance 2 Social insurance 1 Labour market 0 Other Content publications 48 databases 33 webinars 2 blog posts 4 multimedia 3 news 17 Social Protection Programmes School Feeding Programmes National Health Insurance (NHI) Legal and Policy Frameworks Laos: Law on Social Security. 2013 Laos, Asia Law on Social Security 2013 Asia, Laos Decent work country programme for Lao People’s Democratic Republic 2017–2021 2018 Asia, Laos Laos – Australia Rural Livelihoods Program Social Protection Activity sub-component activity design document 2013 Asia, Laos Laos National Social Protection Strategy: Vision 2030 Goal 2025 2020 Asia, Laos