Some data surveys

Time Use Economic Activities

Time Use in Economic Activies

Unit: Hours/Days

	Economic Activities	1997/1998	2002/2003	Compare (%)
1	Hirig/employee	0.7	0.6	-14.3
2	Own business	0.8	0.7	-12.5
3	Agricultural work	3.0	2.3	-23.3
4	Fire wood gathering	0.2	0.2	0.0
5	Fetching water	0.2	0.1	-50.0
6	Hunting	0.8	0.5	-37.5
7	Construction	0.1	0.1	0.0
8	Handicraft	0.5	0.3	-40.0
9	Cooking and Cleaning	1.0	0.8	-20.0
10	Care for children and older	0.6	0.6	0.0

Data source: NSC-Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey II and III

Consumption by Products

Proportion of Consumption by Type of Products

Unit: Percentage

	Products	1997/98	2002/03	Compare(%)
1	Rice	46.2	35.4	-23.4
2	Flour and bread	2.3	2.3	0.0
3	Meet	16.1	22.3	38.5
4	Fish	12.9	13.3	3.1
5	Milk, Cheese and eggs	0.9	1.1	22.2
6	Oils and Fats	0.2	0.3	50.0
7	Fruits	1.7	5.6	229.4
8	Vegetable and potatoes	9.1	8.6	-5.5
9	Sugar and Sweets	1	1.3	30.0
10	Breverage, coffee and tea	1.4	1.5	7.1
11	Take away food	4.1	4.8	17.1
12	Others	4.1	3.5	-14.6

Data source: NSC-Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey II and III

Poverty Incidence

Unit: Percent

	Provinces	Lecs I(1992-93)	Lecs II(1997-98)	Lecs III(2002-2003)
	Whole Country	46.0	39.1	33.5
01	Vientiane Capital	34.0	13.5	16.7
02	Phongsaly	72.0	57.9	50.8
03	Luangnamtha	41.0	51.1	22.8
04	Oudomxay	46.0	66.1	45.1
05	Bokeo	42.0	38.9	21.1
06	Luangprabang	59.0	40.8	39.5
07	Huaphanh	71.0	71.3	51.5
08	Xayabury	22.0	17.7	25.0
09	Xiengkhuang	63.0	42.9	41.6
10	Vientiane	31.0	27.8	19.0
11	Borikhamxay	17.0	27.9	28.7
12	Khammuane	47.0	44.5	33.7
13	Savannakhet	53.0	41.9	43.1
14	Saravane	44.0	39.2	54.3
15	Sekong	67.0	49.7	41.8
16	Champasack	41.0	37.4	18.4
17	Attapeu	61.0	48.0	44.0
18	Xaysomboon SR	…	62.8

Data source: NSC-Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey, II and III

Dependency_2007

Estimation of Dependency Ratio by Province, 2007

Province	Number of people Under 15 years and above 64	Population 15-64 Years	Dependency ratio (%)
Vientiane Capital	224 656	501 161	45
Phongsaly	77 556	92 702	84
Luangnamtha	63 905	88 963	72
Oudomxay	129 385	149 556	87
Bokeo	65 690	87 652	75
Luangprabang	190 187	233 159	82
Huaphanh	144 719	150 726	96
Xayabury	140 244	212 755	66
Xiengkhuang	120 938	130 903	92
Vientiane	181 453	260 576	70
Borikhamxay	107 367	133 170	81
Khammuane	157 046	195 652	80
Savannakhet	366 710	491 874	75
Saravane	159 838	181 180	88
Sekong	43 787	46 258	95
Champasack	269 197	356 552	76
Attapeu	54 800	63 302	87
Total	2 497 478	3 376 141	74

Source : Estimate from the results of the Population and Housing Census 2005, DoS,MPI

Economics_2006_Unit

Number and Composition of Economic

Unit by Provinces

Unit: Percent, Number

Code	Name of Provinces	Unit	Percentage(%)
01	Vientiane Capital	28 784	22.68
02	Phongsaly	1 824	1.44
03	Luangnamtha	2 391	1.88
04	Oudomxay	4 484	3.53
05	Bokeo	3 049	2.40
06	Luangprabang	9 604	7.57
07	Huaphanh	3 762	2.96
08	Xayabury	8 722	6.87
09	Xiengkhuang	4 181	3.29
10	Vientiane	12 696	10.00
11	Borikhamxay	6 285	4.95
12	Khammuane	7 148	5.63
13	Savannakhet	14 422	11.36
14	Saravane	4 575	3.60
15	Sekong	1 282	1.01
16	Champasack	11 588	9.13
17	Attapeu	2 116	1.67
	Total	126 913	100

Source : Result of Lao economic census 2006, DoS, MPI

Economics_2006_Sector

Composition (distribution) of Economic Unit by

Region and Sector (%)

Unit: Percent, Number

Code	International Standard Industrial Classification 1 Digit	Vientiane Capital	North	Center	South
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2.5	2.9	5.5	1.3
B	Mining and quarrying	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1
C	Manifacturing	13.8	21.6	20.1	20.4
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
E	Water supply; sewerage, waste management & remediation	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.2
F	Construction	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.3
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles & motorcycles	66.1	62.3	63.8	67.5
H	Transportation and storage	0.8	4.4	3.0	3.6
I	Accommodation and Food service	4.1	2.6	2.0	2.4
J	Information and communication	0.5	1.5	0.2	0.3
K	Financial and insurance	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2
L	Real estate activities	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.2
M	Professional, scientific and technical	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2
N	Administrative and support service	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.3
P	Education	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1
Q	Human health and social work	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.2
R	Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.4	0.5	0.7	0.8
S	Other service activities	4.8	1.6	2.5	1.8
	Total of percentage	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Total	28 784	38 017	40 551	19 561

Source: Result of Lao economic census 2006, DoS, MPI

Economics_2006_Labour

Number of Labour, Average Labour and Structure of Labour Force by Economic Activities

Unit: Percent, Number

Code	International Standard Industrial Classification 1 Digit	Number of establishment and companies	Number of labour	Structure	Average labour per unit
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	4 319	20 277	5.9	4.7
B	Mining and quarrying	297	7 708	2.2	26.0
C	Manifacturing	24 331	105 234	30.4	4.3
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	114	3 167	0.9	27.8
E	Water supply; sewerage, waste management & remediation	264	1 824	0.5	6.9
F	Construction	628	12 496	3.6	19.9
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles & motorcycles	81 780	135 439	39.2	1.7
H	Transportation and storage	3 799	10 741	3.1	2.8
I	Accommodation and Food service	3 439	17 779	5.1	5.2
J	Information and communication	872	3 688	1.1	4.2
K	Financial and insurance	299	4 440	1.3	14.8
L	Real estate activities	618	1 492	0.4	2.4
M	Professional, scientific and technical	359	1 389	0.4	3.9
N	Administrative and support service	755	6 320	1.8	8.4
P	Education	298	3 896	1.1	13.1
Q	Human health and social work	375	1 043	0.3	2.8
R	Arts, entertainment and recreation	1 013	3 695	1.1	3.6
S	Other service activities	3 353	5 094	1.5	1.5
	Total	126 913	345 723	100.0	2.7

Source : Result of Lao economic census 2006, DoS, MPI

Number_Disable

Table: 1.1 Percent and number of disabilities by province and Sex in 2005

Percent of Disable Persons by Sex and Provinces Year 2005

Unit: Percent, Number

Prov. code	Province	Female disability Prevalence Rate	Male disability Prevalence Rate	Total population	Total disability	Disability Prevalence Rate
1	Vientiane Capital	0.5	0.9	698 318	4 838	0.7
2	Phongsaly	0.9	1.3	165 947	1 776	1.1
3	Luangnamtha	1.0	1.6	145 310	1 836	1.3
4	Oudomxay	0.8	1.3	265 179	2 791	1.1
5	Bokeo	0.9	1.3	145 263	1 568	1.1
6	Luangprabang	1.1	1.6	407 039	5 549	1.4
7	Huaphanh	1.0	1.7	280 938	3 749	1.3
8	Xayabury	1.0	1.4	338 669	3 983	1.2
9	Xiengkhuang	1.3	2.5	229 596	4 342	1.9
10	Vientiane	0.8	1.3	388 895	4 038	1.0
11	Borikhamxay	0.8	1.3	225 301	2 331	1.0
12	Khammuane	0.7	1.1	337 390	3 063	0.9
13	Savannakhet	0.5	0.8	825 902	5 393	0.7
14	Saravane	0.8	1.2	324 327	3 222	1.0
15	Sekong	1.4	2.0	84 995	1 419	1.7
16	Champasack	0.6	1.0	607 370	4 926	0.8
17	Attapeu	1.0	1.4	112 120	1 341	1.2
18	Xaysomboon SR	1.1	1.7	39 423	562	1.4
	Total	0.8	1.2	5 621 982	56 727	1.0

Source: The result of Population and Housing Census 2005, DoS, MPI

TB73_YB2008

Table 73 Percentage of women aged 15-49 years with a birth in the 2 years

Preceding the survey who breastfed their baby within 1 hour of birth and within 1 day of birth, Lao PDR, 2006

		Percentage who started breastfeeding within one hour of birth	Percentage who started breastfeeding within one day of birth	Number of women with live birth in the two years preceding the survey
Region	North	33,9	64,1	542
	Centre	33,5	52,8	625
	South	17,5	45,9	366
Area	Urban	52,8	73,4	250
	Rural with road	27,2	55,1	840
	Rural with out road	21,8	44,9	442
Age of child	< 6 months	29,3	50,7	438
	6-11 months	30,7	55,2	349
	12-23 months	29,7	57,8	745
Mother's education	None	24,4	51,5	593
	Primary	25,4	50,1	654
	Secondary+	51,3	74,2	266
	Non-standard curriculum	(*)	(*)	19
Wealth index quintiles	Poorest	21,7	54,1	485
	Second	25,4	48,4	370
	Middle	29,5	50,1	279
	Fouth	32,7	54,3	205
	Richest	56,2	79,0	193
Mother tongue of head	Lao	32,6	55,1	807
	Khmou	31,4	63,1	216
	Hmong	31,0	59,1	236
	Other language	19,4	45,7	273
		29,8	55,2	1532

Soure: Multiple indicator cluser survey 2006, Department of Statistics, MPI

TB74_YB2008

Table 74 Percent of living children according to breastfeeding by sex and age group

Age	Percent exclusively breastfed		Total
Age	Female	Male	Percent	Number
Children 0-3 months	29.8	36.4	33.1	292
Children 0-5 months	26.0	26.9	26.4	451
Children 6-9 months	69.8	70.6	70.3	245
Children 12-15 months	81.4	81.9	81.7	317
Children 20-23 months	51.9	44.9	48.4	260

Soure: Multiple indicator cluser survey 2006, Department of Statistics, MPI

TB75_YB

Table 75 Percent distribution of children aged 6-59 months by whether they received a high dose Vitamin A supplement in the last 6 months

The period of time that children received Vitamin A	Sex		Total
The period of time that children received Vitamin A	Female	Male	Total
Within last 6 months	17.8	18.4	18.1
Prior to last 6 months	10.4	10.9	10.6
Not sure when	11.5	10.6	11
Not sure if received	1.8	1.3	1.5
Never received Vitamin A	58.5	58.8	58.7
Number of children aged 6-59 months	1 798	1 888	3 685

Source: Multiple indicator cluster survey 2006, Department of Statistics, MPI

E TB76_YB2008

Table 76 Percentage of live births in the 2 years preceding the survey that weighed below 2500 grams at birth, Lao PDR, 2006

		Percent of live births below 2500 grams	Percent of live births weighed at birth	Number of live births
Region	North	10,5	17,9	542
	Centre	11,5	32,4	625
	South	10,1	10,9	366
Area	Urban	10,0	70,2	250
	Rural with road	11,0	18,0	840
	Rural with out road	10,9	2,8	442
Mother's education	None	11,7	2,7	593
	Primary	9,8	22,3	654
	Secondary+	11,0	64,9	266
	Non-standard curriculum	(*)	(*)	19
Wealth index quintiles	Poorest	11,1	4,0	485
	Second	10,6	7,9	370
	Middle	12,0	15,1	279
	Fouth	9,7	42,6	205
	Richest	9,6	83,2	193
Mother tongue of head	Lao	10,6	34,8	807
	Khmou	11,6	13,8	216
	Hmong	10,0	7,5	236
	Other language	11,5	4,0	273
		10,8	22,1	1532

Soure: Multiple indicator cluser survey 2006, Department of Statistics, MPI

TB77_YB2008

Table 77 Percentage of women aged 15-49 years with a birth in the 2 last years preceding the survey whether they received a high dose Vitamin A supplement before the infant was 8 weeks old

		Received Vitamin A	Not sure if received Vitamin A	Number of live births
Region	North	16.9	3.7	542
	Centre	20.6	1.9	625
	South	14.8	1.2	366
Area	Urban	31.9	2.4	250
	Rural with road	17.2	1.9	840
	Rural with out road	11.4	3.3	442
Mother's education	None	11.5	3.8	593
	Primary	19.6	1.6	654
	Secondary+	28.7	1.3	266
	Non-standard curriculum	(*)	(*)	19
Wealth index quintiles	Poorest	11.3	3.9	485
	Second	12.7	1.8	370
	Middle	18.5	1.6	279
	Fouth	22.8	1.3	205
	Richest	38.6	1.8	193
Mother tongue of head	Lao	22.3	2.2	807
	Khmou	17.6	2.7	216
	Hmong	10.2	2.7	236
	Other language	12.1	2.1	273
		17.9	2.4	1 532

Source: Multiple indicator cluster survey 2006, Department of Statistics, MPI

Remark: (*) An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweight

TB78_YB08

Table 78 Percent of children aged 12-23 months currently vaccinated against childhood diseases

	Sex		Total
	Female	Male	Total
BCG	65.0	62.4	63.7
DPT 1	64.4	63.7	64.1
DPT 2	55.4	52.8	54.1
DPT 3	42.0	40.5	41.3
Polio 0	15.5	16.2	15.8
Polio 1	67.4	66.2	66.8
Polio 2	56.6	55.9	56.2
Polio 3	43.1	41.5	42.3
MMR	38.3	42.2	40.2
All	25.8	28.4	27.1
None	31.3	31.9	31.6
Percent with health card	50	47.7	48.9
Number of children aged 12-23 months	414	413	828

Soure: Multiple indicator cluser survey 2006, Department of Statistics, MPI

TB79_YB08

Table 79 Percentage of mothers with a birth in the last 24 months protected against neonatal tetanus by urban/rural

	Urban	Rural with road	Rural without road	Total
Received at least 2 doses during last pregnancy	47.4	41.8	26.0	38.1
Received at least 2 doses the last within prior 3 years	13.2	14.3	11.7	13.4
Received at least 3 doses the last within 5 years	4.1	1.6	2.4	2.2
Received at least 4 doses the last within 10 years	4.6	1.0	0.2	1.3
Received at least 5 doses during lifetime	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Protected against tetanus	69.6	59.1	40.7	55.5
Number of mothers	250	840	442	1 532

Soure: Multiple indicator cluser survey 2006, Department of Statistics, MPI

TB80_YB08

Table 81 Percent distribution of children aged 0-17 years according to living arrangements, percent of children aged 0-17 years in households not living with a biological parent and percent of children who are orphans

	Sex		Total
	Female	Male	Total
Living with both parents	87.7	88.2	87.9
Living with neither parent
Only father alive	0.3	0.2	0.3
Only mother alive	0.2	0.4	0.3
Both are alive	2.7	2.1	2.4
Both are dead	1.2	0.7	0.9
Living with mother only
Father alive	2.2	2.5	2.4
Father dead	3.8	4.2	4.0
Living with father only
Mother alive	0.4	0.4	0.4
Mother dead	1.1	1.0	1.0
Impossible to determine	0.4	0.3	0.3
Not living with a biological parent	4.4	3.4	3.9
One or both parents dead	6.6	6.5	6.6
Number of children	7 708	8 037	15 746
Total	100	100	100

Soure: Multiple indicator cluser survey 2006, Department of Statistics, MPI

TB73_YB09

Table 74 Time Use on Main Activities by Place of Residence, hours/day

Activity	Female	Male	Urban	Rural with road	Rural with out road	Total
Income generating activity	4.0	4.7	4.8	4.3	3.6	4.3
Work as emplyed	0.3	0.8	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.5
Own business work	0.7	0.4	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.6
Agricultural work	2.1	2.3	1.4	2.5	2.2	2.2
Collecting firewood/fetching water	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.3
Hunting/fishing	0.1	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4
Construction	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
Handicaft	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Household work	2.4	0.5	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.5
School	0.9	1.2	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.0
Spleeping, eating, leisure time	15.2	15.9	15.7	15.7	14.7	15.5
Travel, other	1.5	1.7	1.1	1.5	3.1	1.6
Xaysomboon SR
Total	24	24	24	24	24	24

Source: The results of Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey in 2007/2008, DoS,MPI

TB74_YB09

Table 75 Household Consumption and Percent of Consumption per Month by Groups of Goods and Services

Unit: 1000 kip, Percent

Group of products and services	ການຊົມໃຊ້ຕໍ່ເດືອນ (1000 ກີບ) ແລະ ຊ່ອງຫວ່າງຄວາມເຊື່ອໝັ້ນ	ອັດຕາສ່ວນຕໍ່ການຊົມໃຊ້ລວມ 2007 2008 ແລະ ຊ່ອງຫວ່າງຄວາມເຊື່ອໝັ້ນ
Food Expenditure	492.5 (± 0.1)	22.7 (± 0.1)
Own produced food	507 (± 0.1)	23.4 (± 0.1)
Total food	999.5 (± 0.2)	46.1 (± 0.2)
Clothing and footwear	43.7 (± 0.3)	2.0 (± 0.3)
Housing	273.7 (± 0.2)	12.6 (± 0.2)
Household utensil and operations	93.3 (± 0.3)	4.3 (± 0.3)
Medical care	38.9 (± 0.6)	1.8 (± 0.6)
Transport and communications	429.9 (± 0.6)	19.8 (± 0.6)
Education	27.9 (± 0.8)	1.3 (± 0.8)
Personal care	56.3 (± 0.7)	2.6 (± 0.7)
recreation	105.9 (± 0.5)	4.9 (± 0.5)
Alcohol and tobacco	49.2 (± 0.5)	2.3 (± 0.3)
Others	52.4 (± 0.5)	2.4 (± 0.5)
Total non-food	1171.2 (± 4.8)	54.0 (± 4.8)
Total consumption	2170.7 (± 5.0)	100 (± 5.0)

Source : The results of Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey in 2007/2008, DoS,MPI

TB75_YB09

Table 76 Health Environments and Prevention by Regions and Provinces in 2007/2008

Unit: Percent.

Region/Province	Population having safe water in the village	Population with out toilet	Population covered by immunization program	Population covered by Anti-malaria program
Lao PDR	66	34	98	76
Urban	88	11	97	80
Rural with road	61	41	99	75
Rural with out road	23	66	95	68
North	66	32	97	74
Phongsaly	60	69	94	57
Luangnamtha	82	38	87	60
Oudomxay	68	30	98	81
Bokeo	65	33	92	35
Luangprabang	70	34	100	89
Huaphanh	63	38	100	81
Xayabury	58	6	100	80
Center	69	25	98	77
Vientiane Capital	95	2	100	79
Xiengkhuang	58	28	95	37
Vientiane	71	12	94	78
Borikhamxay	76	8	88	85
Khammuane	37	44	100	78
Savannakhet	60	51	100	82
South	57	59	100	78
Saravane	71	80	98	74
Sekong	65	53	100	56
Champasack	41	51	100	82
Attapeu	95	39	100	82

Source: The results of Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey in 2007/2008, DoS,MPI

TB76_YB09

Table 77 Percentage of People with Long Term Illness or Disability in 2007/2008

Unit: Percent.

Region/Province	Female	Male	Total
Lao PDR	2.3	2.4	2.3
Urban	2.0	2.1	2.0
Rural with road	2.2	2.3	2.2
Rural with out road	3.3	3.4	3.4
North	2.3	2.3	2.3
Phongsaly	2.0	2.6	2.3
Luangnamtha	1.3	1.2	1.2
Oudomxay	3.1	2.9	3.0
Bokeo	2.1	1.3	1.7
Luangprabang	3.4	3.2	3.3
Huaphanh	1.8	2.0	1.9
Xayabury	2.2	2.2	2.2
Center	1.5	1.6	1.6
Vientiane Capital	1.8	2.0	1.9
Xiengkhuang	2.8	3.2	3.0
Vientiane	0.5	0.9	0.7
Borikhamxay	1.2	1.2	1.2
Khammuane	1.2	1.3	1.2
Savannakhet	1.5	1.4	1.4
South	3.9	4.0	4.0
Saravane	3.3	4.5	3.9
Sekong	4.6	5.2	4.9
Champasack	5.3	3.6	4.5
Attapeu	1.9	2.3	2.1

Source : The results of Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey in 2007/2008, DoS,MPI

TB77_YB09

Table 78 Poverty Headcount by Region, Province and Type of Area in 2007/2008.

Unit: Percent.

Region/Province	2002/03			2007/08
Region/Province	Urban	Rural	Total	Urban	Rural	Total
Lao PDR	19.7	37.6	33.5	17.4	31.7	27.6
North	30.6	39.1	37.9	14.6	36.5	32.5
Phongsaly	36.8	52.7	50.8	5.6	50.1	46.0
Luangnamtha	26.0	22.1	22.8	7.8	35.7	30.5
Oudomxay	38.9	46.2	45.1	13.0	38.6	33.7
Bokeo	24.5	20.6	21.1	17.9	35.3	32.6
Luangprabang	29.7	40.6	39.5	13.5	30.8	27.2
Huaphanh	26.1	54.8	51.5	28.6	52.7	50.5
Xayabury	29.8	23.7	25.0	15.3	15.8	15.7
Center	20.1	39.0	35.4	22.2	33.5	29.8
Vientiane Capital	15.6	20.2	16.7	15.3	15.2	15.2
Xiengkhuang	19.7	46.6	41.6	16.6	48.1	42.0
Vientiane	12.4	19.9	19.0	14.9	31.7	28.0
Borikhamxay	15.1	37.0	28.7	18.1	22.4	21.5
Khammuane	23.8	35.9	33.7	37.2	29.8	31.4
Savannakhet	23.2	48.0	43.1	22.2	34.6	28.5
South	12.8	35.5	32.6	11.3	25.5	22.8
Saravane	12.4	57.1	54.3	3.1	38.7	36.3
Sekong	25.6	44.6	41.8	19.5	59.3	51.8
Champasack	11.0	19.8	18.4	12.0	9.3	10.0
Attapeu	16.7	47.3	44.0	9.0	28.9	24.6

Source: The results of Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey in 2007/2008, DoS,MPI