Laos's electricity generation rose from 3.7 in 2000 to 52.3 in 2024.
Laos's primary energy consumption rose from 1.6 in 1994 to 77.4 in 2023.
Laos · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
35th of 194 · 11th in East Asia & Pacific
Laos's electricity consumption per capita rose from 672 kWh in 2000 to 6,732.5 kWh in 2024.
Laos's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.1 in 2024.
Laos's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Laos's hydropower electricity generation rose from 3.3 in 2000 to 40 in 2024.
Laos's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Laos's energy use per capita rose from 330.2 kWh in 1994 to 10,100.1 kWh in 2023.
Laos's renewable energy fell from 86.7 % in 1993 to 49.2 % in 2022.
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- Renewable electricityup +0.0 pts35th of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −0.0 pts42nd of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +0.0 pts42nd of 193
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −0.0 pts19th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +0.0 pts167th of 193
- Wind electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts106th of 191
- Coal electricity sharedown −0.0 pts162nd of 192
- Gas electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts117th of 190
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- Energy importsdown −2.8 pts101st of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −29.3 pts194th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −11.4 %108th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −0.0 %54th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts147th of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productiondown −0.7 %32nd of 204*