Lao PDR

Lao People’s Democratic Republic, with the total land area of 236,800 km2, is in the Mekong sub-region and shares a land border with Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. In 2023 the country population is 7.6 million people. The GDP (World Development Indicators) is 15.8 billion in 2023, growth 3.9% from previous year [1].Even though Laos is landlocked country, despite it has plenty of large hydro resource. The country has known as “Battery of Mekong region”, currently export its electricity to all neighbors.​

The country also managed to boost its installed capacity to 1.2 GW from 2022 to 2023. As of 2023 most of primary energy comes from Hydropower (83%), followed by coal (15.4%). Hydropower is a significant resource in Laos changing the supply landscape which previously dominated by coal. However, the national electrification rate was 95.32% in 2022. The electricity is consumed on the average of 1,511 kWh per capita [2].

[1] National account with conversion value of WDI
[2] Country official data