Environmentally related tax revenue in Laos
Laos: Environmentally related tax revenue was 1.8 Percentage of GDP in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Environmentally related tax revenue in Laos, 1994–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for environmentally related tax revenue in Laos is 1.8 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.1% on the previous year and up 117.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, environmentally related tax revenue in Laos peaked at 1.8 Percentage of GDP in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 Percentage of GDP, in 1994.
Laos ranks 29th of 123 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Environmentally related tax revenue in Laos, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1995 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1996 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1997 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1998 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1999 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2000 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2001 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2002 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2003 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2004 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2005 | 1.8 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2006 | 1.5 Percentage of GDP | -16.9% |
| 2007 | 1.3 Percentage of GDP | -13.5% |
| 2008 | 1.1 Percentage of GDP | -14.8% |
| 2009 | 1.06 Percentage of GDP | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8922 Percentage of GDP | -15.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8469 Percentage of GDP | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8225 Percentage of GDP | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 0.7943 Percentage of GDP | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8272 Percentage of GDP | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 0.5338 Percentage of GDP | -35.5% |
| 2016 | 0.372 Percentage of GDP | -30.3% |
| 2017 | 0.4362 Percentage of GDP | +17.3% |
| 2018 | 0.8645 Percentage of GDP | +98.2% |
| 2019 | 0.8031 Percentage of GDP | -7.1% |
| 2020 | 0.6821 Percentage of GDP | -15.1% |
| 2021 | 1.03 Percentage of GDP | +50.3% |
| 2022 | 1.56 Percentage of GDP | +52.0% |
| 2023 | 1.51 Percentage of GDP | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 1.8 Percentage of GDP | +19.1% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 1.8 Percentage of GDP is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5921 Percentage of GDP, 3.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Laos's 1.8 Percentage of GDP is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.657 Percentage of GDP, 2.7× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Environmentally related tax revenue in Laos changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +98.2% | 0.4362 Percentage of GDP | 0.8645 Percentage of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 Percentage of GDP | 0 Percentage of GDP | 0 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.6755 Percentage of GDP | 0 Percentage of GDP | 1.8 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7193 Percentage of GDP | 0.372 Percentage of GDP | 0.8922 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.32 Percentage of GDP | 0.6821 Percentage of GDP | 1.8 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
Countries ranked near Laos
More economy & growth data for Laos
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.39 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.6 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 60.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0083 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 19.21 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 52.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 14.03 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is environmentally related tax revenue in Laos?
- Environmentally related tax revenue in Laos was 1.8 Percentage of GDP in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8 Percentage of GDP in 2024.
- What is the lowest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Percentage of GDP in 1994.
- How does Laos rank for environmentally related tax revenue?
- Laos ranks 29th out of 123 countries with data for 2024.
- Is environmentally related tax revenue rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 117.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Environmentally related tax revenue. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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<!DOCTYPE html> ERTR Database body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; } p { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; } Environmentally related taxes are effective policy instruments to shape relative prices of goods and services. The Environmental Related Tax Revenue Database (ERTR) categorises taxes based on their environmental relevance, constructing environmentally related tax revenue with a breakdown by tax-base category (including energy, transport, pollution, and resources) and 22 environmental domains. Note that tax-base categories are mutually exclusive, while domains are not. Therefore, one should not aggregate revenue across domains as it may lead to double counting. Data source(s): ERTR draws from the OECD Policy Instruments for the Environment (PINE) database. The database contains detailed qualitative and quantitative information on environmentally related taxes and fees, tradable permits and offsets, deposit-refund schemes, environmentally beneficial subsidies and payments and voluntary approaches used for environmental policy. It is updated annually and covers OECD member countries, accession countries and selected non-OECD countries. The data has been cross-validated and complemented with Revenue statistics from the Global Revenue Statistics databases, Eurostat National Tax Lists, and official national sources. Contact: pinedatabase@oecd.org Dataset release date: July 2026 For further details on the dataset consult the dataset documentation and oe.cd/pine. For revenue data at the individual-tax level, please consult https://oe.cd/pinedatabase.