What is women's civil society participation index in Laos?

Women's civil society participation index in Laos was 0.428 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest women's civil society participation index recorded in Laos?

The highest recorded value was 0.428 in 2025.

What is the lowest women's civil society participation index recorded in Laos?

The lowest recorded value was 0.064 in 1940.

How does Laos rank for women's civil society participation index?

Laos ranks 148th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is women's civil society participation index rising or falling in Laos?

Over the last ten years it is up 37.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Laos data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women's Civil Society Participation Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Women's Civil Society Participation Index in Laos

Name: Women's Civil Society Participation Index in Laos
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Laos: Women's Civil Society Participation Index was 0.428 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.428

Change on year

up 34.6%

World rank

148th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.428

in 2025

All-time low

0.064

in 1940

Years of data

230

1789–2025

Women's Civil Society Participation Index in Laos, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, women's civil society participation index in Laos stood at 0.428. That is the highest value across all 230 years on record.

That represents a change of up 34.6% on the previous year and up 37.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, women's civil society participation index in Laos peaked at 0.428 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.064, in 1940.

That places Laos 148th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 230 years of available data.

Women's Civil Society Participation Index in Laos, year by year

Annual values for Women's Civil Society Participation Index in Laos, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.304	—
1790	0.304	+0.0%
1791	0.304	+0.0%
1792	0.304	+0.0%
1793	0.304	+0.0%
1794	0.304	+0.0%
1795	0.304	+0.0%
1796	0.304	+0.0%
1797	0.304	+0.0%
1798	0.304	+0.0%
1799	0.304	+0.0%
1800	0.304	+0.0%
1801	0.304	+0.0%
1802	0.304	+0.0%
1803	0.304	+0.0%
1804	0.304	+0.0%
1805	0.304	+0.0%
1806	0.304	+0.0%
1807	0.304	+0.0%
1808	0.304	+0.0%
1809	0.304	+0.0%
1810	0.304	+0.0%
1811	0.304	+0.0%
1812	0.304	+0.0%
1813	0.304	+0.0%
1814	0.304	+0.0%
1815	0.304	+0.0%
1816	0.304	+0.0%
1817	0.304	+0.0%
1818	0.304	+0.0%
1819	0.304	+0.0%
1820	0.304	+0.0%
1821	0.304	+0.0%
1822	0.304	+0.0%
1823	0.304	+0.0%
1824	0.304	+0.0%
1825	0.304	+0.0%
1826	0.304	+0.0%
1827	0.304	+0.0%
1828	0.304	+0.0%
1829	0.304	+0.0%
1830	0.304	+0.0%
1831	0.304	+0.0%
1832	0.304	+0.0%
1833	0.304	+0.0%
1834	0.304	+0.0%
1835	0.304	+0.0%
1836	0.304	+0.0%
1837	0.304	+0.0%
1838	0.304	+0.0%
1839	0.304	+0.0%
1840	0.304	+0.0%
1841	0.304	+0.0%
1842	0.304	+0.0%
1843	0.304	+0.0%
1844	0.304	+0.0%
1845	0.304	+0.0%
1846	0.304	+0.0%
1847	0.304	+0.0%
1848	0.304	+0.0%
1849	0.304	+0.0%
1850	0.304	+0.0%
1851	0.304	+0.0%
1852	0.304	+0.0%
1853	0.304	+0.0%
1854	0.304	+0.0%
1855	0.304	+0.0%
1856	0.304	+0.0%
1857	0.304	+0.0%
1858	0.304	+0.0%
1859	0.304	+0.0%
1860	0.304	+0.0%
1861	0.304	+0.0%
1862	0.304	+0.0%
1863	0.304	+0.0%
1864	0.304	+0.0%
1865	0.304	+0.0%
1866	0.304	+0.0%
1867	0.304	+0.0%
1868	0.304	+0.0%
1869	0.304	+0.0%
1870	0.304	+0.0%
1871	0.304	+0.0%
1872	0.304	+0.0%
1873	0.304	+0.0%
1874	0.304	+0.0%
1875	0.304	+0.0%
1876	0.304	+0.0%
1877	0.304	+0.0%
1878	0.304	+0.0%
1879	0.304	+0.0%
1880	0.304	+0.0%
1881	0.304	+0.0%
1882	0.304	+0.0%
1883	0.304	+0.0%
1884	0.304	+0.0%
1885	0.304	+0.0%
1886	0.304	+0.0%
1887	0.304	+0.0%
1888	0.304	+0.0%
1889	0.304	+0.0%
1890	0.304	+0.0%
1891	0.304	+0.0%
1892	0.304	+0.0%
1900	0.069	-77.3%
1901	0.069	+0.0%
1902	0.069	+0.0%
1903	0.069	+0.0%
1904	0.069	+0.0%
1905	0.069	+0.0%
1906	0.069	+0.0%
1907	0.069	+0.0%
1908	0.069	+0.0%
1909	0.069	+0.0%
1910	0.069	+0.0%
1911	0.069	+0.0%
1912	0.069	+0.0%
1913	0.069	+0.0%
1914	0.069	+0.0%
1915	0.069	+0.0%
1916	0.069	+0.0%
1917	0.069	+0.0%
1918	0.069	+0.0%
1919	0.069	+0.0%
1920	0.069	+0.0%
1921	0.069	+0.0%
1922	0.069	+0.0%
1923	0.069	+0.0%
1924	0.069	+0.0%
1925	0.069	+0.0%
1926	0.069	+0.0%
1927	0.069	+0.0%
1928	0.069	+0.0%
1929	0.069	+0.0%
1930	0.069	+0.0%
1931	0.069	+0.0%
1932	0.069	+0.0%
1933	0.069	+0.0%
1934	0.069	+0.0%
1935	0.069	+0.0%
1936	0.069	+0.0%
1937	0.069	+0.0%
1938	0.069	+0.0%
1939	0.069	+0.0%
1940	0.064	-7.2%
1941	0.064	+0.0%
1942	0.064	+0.0%
1943	0.064	+0.0%
1944	0.064	+0.0%
1945	0.065	+1.6%
1946	0.09	+38.5%
1947	0.09	+0.0%
1948	0.09	+0.0%
1949	0.09	+0.0%
1950	0.09	+0.0%
1951	0.09	+0.0%
1952	0.09	+0.0%
1953	0.095	+5.6%
1954	0.11	+15.8%
1955	0.125	+13.6%
1956	0.125	+0.0%
1957	0.125	+0.0%
1958	0.125	+0.0%
1959	0.125	+0.0%
1960	0.122	-2.4%
1961	0.122	+0.0%
1962	0.122	+0.0%
1963	0.122	+0.0%
1964	0.122	+0.0%
1965	0.12	-1.6%
1966	0.12	+0.0%
1967	0.12	+0.0%
1968	0.12	+0.0%
1969	0.12	+0.0%
1970	0.12	+0.0%
1971	0.12	+0.0%
1972	0.12	+0.0%
1973	0.12	+0.0%
1974	0.12	+0.0%
1975	0.124	+3.3%
1976	0.162	+30.6%
1977	0.162	+0.0%
1978	0.162	+0.0%
1979	0.162	+0.0%
1980	0.162	+0.0%
1981	0.162	+0.0%
1982	0.162	+0.0%
1983	0.162	+0.0%
1984	0.162	+0.0%
1985	0.162	+0.0%
1986	0.162	+0.0%
1987	0.183	+13.0%
1988	0.183	+0.0%
1989	0.183	+0.0%
1990	0.192	+4.9%
1991	0.196	+2.1%
1992	0.196	+0.0%
1993	0.196	+0.0%
1994	0.196	+0.0%
1995	0.196	+0.0%
1996	0.196	+0.0%
1997	0.196	+0.0%
1998	0.196	+0.0%
1999	0.196	+0.0%
2000	0.216	+10.2%
2001	0.216	+0.0%
2002	0.216	+0.0%
2003	0.216	+0.0%
2004	0.291	+34.7%
2005	0.291	+0.0%
2006	0.291	+0.0%
2007	0.291	+0.0%
2008	0.291	+0.0%
2009	0.291	+0.0%
2010	0.295	+1.4%
2011	0.295	+0.0%
2012	0.295	+0.0%
2013	0.311	+5.4%
2014	0.311	+0.0%
2015	0.311	+0.0%
2016	0.31	-0.3%
2017	0.303	-2.3%
2018	0.303	+0.0%
2019	0.303	+0.0%
2020	0.317	+4.6%
2021	0.342	+7.9%
2022	0.346	+1.2%
2023	0.371	+7.2%
2024	0.318	-14.3%
2025	0.428	+34.6%

Laos compared with similar countries

Laos's 0.428 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6595, 65% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Laos's 0.428 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.6995, 61% of the median. (22 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.304	0.304	0.304	1
1790s	0.304	0.304	0.304	10
1800s	0.304	0.304	0.304	10
1810s	0.304	0.304	0.304	10
1820s	0.304	0.304	0.304	10
1830s	0.304	0.304	0.304	10
1840s	0.304	0.304	0.304	10
1850s	0.304	0.304	0.304	10
1860s	0.304	0.304	0.304	10
1870s	0.304	0.304	0.304	10
1880s	0.304	0.304	0.304	10
1890s	0.304	0.304	0.304	3
1900s	0.069	0.069	0.069	10
1910s	0.069	0.069	0.069	10
1920s	0.069	0.069	0.069	10
1930s	0.069	0.069	0.069	10
1940s	0.0745	0.064	0.09	10
1950s	0.11	0.09	0.125	10
1960s	0.121	0.12	0.122	10
1970s	0.1372	0.12	0.162	10
1980s	0.1683	0.162	0.183	10
1990s	0.1956	0.192	0.196	10
2000s	0.261	0.216	0.291	10
2010s	0.3037	0.295	0.311	10
2020s	0.3537	0.317	0.428	6

Countries ranked near Laos

146 Bangladesh 0.436 compare
147 Guinea 0.429 compare
149 Congo 0.414 compare
150 Syria 0.413 compare
151 Kuwait 0.412 compare

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More gender data for Laos

Child population (UN estimates and projections) 2,335 (2030)
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.3716 % change on previous year (2030)
Population 6,022 (2030)
Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 6,022 (2030)
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2030)
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 77,014 (2025)
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 80,573 (2025)
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 76,875 (2025)
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 80,330 (2025)
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 76,857 (2025)

All data for Laos →

Frequently asked questions

What is women's civil society participation index in Laos?: Women's civil society participation index in Laos was 0.428 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest women's civil society participation index recorded in Laos?: The highest recorded value was 0.428 in 2025.
What is the lowest women's civil society participation index recorded in Laos?: The lowest recorded value was 0.064 in 1940.
How does Laos rank for women's civil society participation index?: Laos ranks 148th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is women's civil society participation index rising or falling in Laos?: Over the last ten years it is up 37.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Laos data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women's Civil Society Participation Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Women's Civil Society Participation Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,062 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which women can discuss political issues, participate in civil society organizations, and are represented among journalists.