Laos
Rank 158 / 190
Civica PulseBetaTrailing 365 days
See all events →No published Pulse events for Laos in the trailing window. The Beta pipeline is in active rollout — events queued for human review do not yet contribute to the score. See the global changelog for current activity, or methodology for how this is computed.
Civica Index breakdown · 4 governance dimensionsweights empirically derived · source-specific inputs
How the 22 is calculated.
Democratic Quality
V-Dem · Liberal Democracy Index
27%
11
contributes 3 pts
Rule of Law
World Bank WGI
26%
35
contributes 9 pts
Freedoms & Rights
Freedom House
23%
8
contributes 2 pts
Corruption Control
Transparency International
24%
30
contributes 7 pts
History · quarterly CI trend
How the index has moved over time.
Historical CI data is not available yet for this country.
Regional rank
Where Laos sits against peers.
Global#158 of 190
Asia#35 of 47
World Bank region
East Asia & Pacific · Lower middle income
#8of 10
V-Dem Regimes of the World
Closed Autocracy
#13of 29
Compare with
Government taxonomy
Raw source
communist party-led state
Regime type
Civilian dictatorship · 2025
Cite this page
Civica Index for Laos, 2026-05-07. Civica Atlas. https://civicaatlas.org/civica-index/laos