If you lived in Laos instead of Andorra, you would:

Health

be 46.3% less likely to be obese

In Andorra, 17.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Laos, that number is 9.2% of people as of 2024.

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live 15.0 years less

In Andorra, the average life expectancy is 84 years (82 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024. In Laos, that number is 69 years (67 years for men, 72 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 97.8% less spent on your healthcare

Andorra spends $5,519 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Laos spends $123 as of 2023.

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have 93.5% fewer doctors per person

Andorra has 50.7 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Laos has 3.3 as of 2022.

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have 34.2% less access to essential health services

Andorra scores 79 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Laos scores 52 as of 2021.

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Economy

make 95.7% less money

Andorra has a GDP per capita of $54,292 as of 2025, while in Laos, the GDP per capita is $2,325 as of 2025.

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Life

have 3.1 times more children

In Andorra, there are approximately 6.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Laos, there are 20.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 10.2 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Andorra, approximately 11.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Laos, 112.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 11.3 times more likely to die during infancy

In Andorra, approximately 2.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Laos, on the other hand, 27.2 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 30.5% less likely to have internet access

In Andorra, approximately 94.4% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Laos, about 65.6% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 35.3% less on education

Andorra spends 1.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Laos spends 1.2% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 82.7% less on healthcare

Andorra spends 7.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Laos, that number is 1.3% of GDP as of 2023.

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Safety

be 6.6 times more likely to die in a road accident

In Andorra, road accidents kill 2.5 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Laos, they kill 16.4 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 94.8% less home broadband

Andorra has 52.4 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Laos has 2.7 as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

Laos: At a glance

Laos is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 230,800 sq km. Modern-day Laos has its roots in the ancient Lao kingdom of Lan Xang, established in the 14th century under King FA NGUM. For 300 years Lan Xang had influence reaching into present-day Cambodia and Thailand, as well as over all of what is now Laos. After centuries of gradual decline, Laos came under the domination of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the communist Pathet Lao took control of the government ending a six-century-old monarchy and instituting a strict socialist regime closely aligned to Vietnam. A gradual, limited return to private enterprise and the liberalization of foreign investment laws began in 1988. Laos became a member of ASEAN in 1997 and the WTO in 2013.
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