Macro data:
Laos Statistical Information Service (LAOSIS): A website by the Lao Statistics Bureau which provides aggregate data. The main data categories are geography, administration, population and demography, labor and social welfare, education, public health, culture, accident, court and litigation, natural resources and environment, gross domestic product, prices, agriculture, industry, energy and mines, post and telecommunications, public works and transport, foreign trade, international trade in services, private domestic and foreign investment, tourism, international organizations statistics /ASEAN statistics, civil servants, and financial and monetary.
Micro data:
UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) Survey: MICS is a survey with focus on the wellbeing of women and children but also includes development variables. The data include household characteristics, housing characteristics and living environment (drinking water, sanitation facilities), access to electricity and internet, assets (TV, radio, telephone, computer), reproductive and maternal health (adolescent birth, miscarriage, contraception, HIV, etc.), child health, nutrition, and development (breastfeeding, immunization, diet, literacy, etc.), household violence and exploitation, and social transfers. For Laos, data from MICS1 (1996), MICS2 (2000), MICS3 (2006), MICS4 (2011-12), and MICS6 (2017) are available.
Type: Household data, Access: Application required, Cost: Free
STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey: The aim of the World Bank's STEP Skills Measurement Program (STEP) is to measure skills in low and middle-income countries. The main modules of the survey are household roster, dwelling, education, health, employment, work skills, personality, behavior, and preferences, language and family, and reading exercises. The data from the 2012 (Wave 1) survey are available.
Type: Household data, Access: Application required, Cost: Free
World Bank Global Findex Database: Datasets with focus on financial access and financial service usage. In 2017, almost 150,000 people were surveyed (approximately 1,000 from each of 144 countries). Data include individual’s characteristics and financial behavior (ownership and/or usage) on credit card, debit card, borrowing account, deposit account, mobile and online financial services, and payments and remittances. For Laos, data from 2011 and 2017 are available.
Type: Household data, Access: Application required (2011 and 2017), Cost: Free
World Bank Enterprise Surveys: Enterprise Surveys launched by the World Bank offer an expansive array of economic data on 171,000 firms in 149 countries. The surveys collect information about a country's business environment, how it is experienced by individual firms, how it changes over time, and the various constraints to firm performance and growth. The full data sets are available at the firm level. For Laos, data from the Enterprise Survey (2009, 2012, 2016, and 2018), Informal Sector Business Survey (2019), and Investment Climate Survey (2006) are available.
Type: Firm data, Access: Application required, Cost: Free
World Bank SABER Service Delivery 2018, Measuring Education Service Delivery: The ABER Service Delivery survey tool was developed to identify bottlenecks in education in low- and middle-income countries.
Type: Depends on module (school, teacher, student), Access: Application required, Cost: Free
World Bank STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey 2012: The STEP (Skills Toward Employment and Productivity) Skills Measurement program aims to generate internationally comparable data on skills available in developing countries. Data collected include measures of cognitive skills, socio-emotional skills, and job-specific skills.
Type: Household-level, Access: Application required, Cost: Free