Lao PDR · CPI 1988–2025 · LAK
Lao PDR inflation calculator by year
LAK 100 in 1990 has the same buying power as LAK 8,642 in 2025. Change the amount and the years below to calculate any period from 1988 onwards.
LAK 100 in 1990 has the same buying power as
LAK 8,642
in 2025 — an increase of LAK 8,542 over 35 years
Cumulative inflation
+8541.6%
Total price rise over the period
Average per year
+13.59%
Compounded annual rate
Purchasing power
1.2%
LAK 100 now buys what LAK 1.16 bought in 1990
Value over time
Hover the chart for any yearShow year-by-year data
| Year | Inflation | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | — | LAK 100 |
| 1991 | +13.44% | LAK 113.44 |
| 1992 | +9.86% | LAK 124.63 |
| 1993 | +6.27% | LAK 132.44 |
| 1994 | +6.78% | LAK 141.43 |
| 1995 | +19.59% | LAK 169.14 |
| 1996 | +13.02% | LAK 191.17 |
| 1997 | +27.51% | LAK 243.76 |
| 1998 | +90.98% | LAK 465.53 |
| 1999 | +125.27% | LAK 1,049 |
| 2000 | +25.08% | LAK 1,312 |
| 2001 | +7.81% | LAK 1,414 |
| 2002 | +10.63% | LAK 1,565 |
| 2003 | +15.49% | LAK 1,807 |
| 2004 | +10.46% | LAK 1,996 |
| 2005 | +7.17% | LAK 2,139 |
| 2006 | +6.55% | LAK 2,279 |
| 2007 | +4.66% | LAK 2,385 |
| 2008 | +7.63% | LAK 2,567 |
| 2009 | +0.14% | LAK 2,571 |
| 2010 | +5.98% | LAK 2,725 |
| 2011 | +7.57% | LAK 2,931 |
| 2012 | +4.26% | LAK 3,056 |
| 2013 | +6.37% | LAK 3,250 |
| 2014 | +4.13% | LAK 3,385 |
| 2015 | +1.28% | LAK 3,428 |
| 2016 | +1.60% | LAK 3,482 |
| 2017 | +0.83% | LAK 3,511 |
| 2018 | +2.04% | LAK 3,583 |
| 2019 | +3.32% | LAK 3,702 |
| 2020 | +5.10% | LAK 3,891 |
| 2021 | +3.76% | LAK 4,037 |
| 2022 | +22.96% | LAK 4,964 |
| 2023 | +31.23% | LAK 6,514 |
| 2024 | +23.13% | LAK 8,021 |
| 2025 | +7.74% | LAK 8,642 |
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Pre-filled with Lao PDR’s long-run average of 15.2% a year. Change it to test any assumption.
Something costing LAK 100 today would cost
Total increase
Over the whole period
Extra needed
On top of today’s amount
Purchasing power left
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Projected cost
This tab is an assumption, not a measurement. It compounds one fixed rate forward. The Between two years tab uses real published CPI figures instead.
Lao PDR at a glance
Inflation in 2025
+7.74%
Average 1988–2025
15.22%
Highest year
+125.3%
in 1999
Lowest year
+0.1%
in 2009
Recent annual inflation
| 2025 | +7.74% |
| 2024 | +23.13% |
| 2023 | +31.23% |
| 2022 | +22.96% |
| 2021 | +3.76% |
| 2020 | +5.10% |
Over the whole record
Across the 37 years from 1988 to 2025, prices in Lao PDR rose +18811.0% in total.
LAK 100 at the start of that period would need to be LAK 18,911 in 2025 to buy the same goods — leaving the original amount with 0.5% of its buying power.
Inflation in Lao PDR, explained
The Lao PDR’s national statistics agency publishes a Consumer Price Index that tracks the cost of a representative basket of goods and services in Lao PDR. This CPI inflation calculator holds that index from 1988 to 2025 and compares any two of those years directly, rather than applying one assumed rate across the gap.
Over the full record, inflation in Lao PDR has averaged 15.22% a year. The steepest single year was 1999 at +125.3%; the mildest was 2009 at +0.1%. Amounts are shown in LAK.
Worked example
LAK 100 in 1990 is worth LAK 8,642 in 2025. That is +8541.6% cumulative inflation over 35 years, or +13.59% a year compounded. Put the other way round, the original LAK 100 now buys what LAK 1.16 bought back then.
Inflation calculator: LAK amounts
Every figure on this page is calculated and formatted in LAK, using Lao PDR’s own grouping conventions. Enter any amount — a price, a salary, a savings balance — and the result stays in LAK throughout, including the year-by-year table and the chart.
Checking a salary or a return
The most common use is as a wage inflation calculator. Enter an old salary with the year it was earned and set the end year to 2025: the adjusted figure is what that salary would need to be today simply to keep pace. Anything above it is a real increase; anything below it is a pay cut in disguise. The same test applies to an investment return, a rent, or a contract rate — if growth did not clear the cumulative figure, it lost real value.
A note on accuracy
Figures come from the Consumer price index (2010 = 100) series, which compiles the CPI published by the Lao PDR’s national statistics agency. They are annual averages, so a result may differ by a fraction of a percent from a calculator that compares two specific months. See the methodology for detail.
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FAQ
Questions about Lao PDR inflation
What is the inflation calculator?
The Yearly Inflation Calculator is a free online tool that shows how inflation changed the value of money between any two years. You choose a country, enter an amount, pick a start year and an end year, and it returns the inflation-adjusted value along with cumulative inflation, the average annual rate and the change in purchasing power. It uses official Consumer Price Index data rather than a guessed rate, and covers 192 countries.
How do you calculate the inflation rate?
Inflation is calculated from a price index, usually the Consumer Price Index. Take the index value at the end of the period, subtract the index value at the start, divide by the index value at the start, and multiply by 100. If the index moved from 120 to 126, inflation was (126 − 120) ÷ 120 × 100 = 5%. The index itself comes from pricing a fixed basket of goods and services repeatedly over time.
How is annual inflation rate calculated?
For a single year, the annual inflation rate compares that year’s index with the previous year’s: rate % = (CPI_this_year ÷ CPI_last_year − 1) × 100. Across a longer period, the average annual rate is the geometric mean — the constant rate that compounds to the same total: annual % = ((CPI_end ÷ CPI_start) ^ (1 ÷ number of years) − 1) × 100. It is deliberately not the simple average of the yearly rates, which would overstate the result because inflation compounds.
Where does the inflation data come from?
All figures come from the World Bank’s Consumer Price Index series (indicator FP.CPI.TOTL), which compiles the official CPI published by each country’s national statistics agency — the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the United States, the Office for National Statistics in the United Kingdom, MoSPI in India, and so on. The data is annual. It is built into the site rather than fetched live, so results are fast and stable.
Why does my country start at a later year?
Countries began publishing a consistent Consumer Price Index at different times, and some series have gaps where no figure was published. The year menus only ever offer years that have a published figure for the country you have selected, so you cannot pick a year the data does not support.
Why do results differ slightly from my government inflation calculator?
National calculators often compare specific months, or use a variant index, while this tool compares annual averages. Statistics agencies also revise and re-base their series periodically. Differences of a fraction of a percent are normal and expected; the magnitude and direction of the result will always agree.