🇱🇦 Laos Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇱🇦 Laos LA / LAO #82

Nomad Score 56.0

Cities 9

Region Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Indochina, Asia, Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Least Developed Countries, Developing Countries

Currency LAK

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Communist state

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 34/100

Press Freedom (2025) 33.2/100 #150

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.135

HDI 0.617

Regional Blocs ASEAN

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Communist state

Title	Name
General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party	Thongloun Sisoulith
Prime Minister of Laos	Sonexay Siphandone

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 34 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 33.2 / 100

Global Rank #150 / 180

Rank Change +3 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #152 25.3

Economic #133 34.0

Legal #164 25.1

Social #140 42.5

Safety #145 39.3

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.135

Liberal 0.110

Participatory 0.118

Deliberative 0.060

Egalitarian 0.114

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	33.2	150	25.3	34.0	25.1	42.5	39.3
2024	33.8	153	25.0	40.1	31.0	30.4	42.3
2023	36.7	160	36.0	33.3	25.5	38.3	50.2
2022	36.6	161	36.1	20.9	31.6	44.0	50.6
2021	29.4	172	-	-	-	-	42.5
2020	35.7	172	-	-	-	-	43.3
2019	35.5	171	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	33.6	170	-	-	-	-	44.0
2017	33.6	170	-	-	-	-	43.3
2016	28.4	173	-	-	-	-	64.2
2015	28.8	171	-	-	-	-	44.0
2014	28.8	171	-	-	-	-	-
2013	32.0	168	-	-	-	-	-
2012	89.0	165	-	-	-	-	-
2010	80.5	168	-	-	-	-	-
2009	92.0	169	-	-	-	-	-
2008	70.0	164	-	-	-	-	-
2007	75.0	161	-	-	-	-	-
2006	67.5	156	-	-	-	-	-
2005	66.5	155	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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