World Bank Enterprise Survey 2024
Lao PDR, 2024 - 2025
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Reference ID
LAO_2024_WBES_v01_M
Producer(s)
World Bank Group (WBG)
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May 20, 2025
Last modified
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- Lao-PDR-2024-full-data.dta
Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation of This Establishment (m1a)
Data file: Lao-PDR-2024-full-data.dta
Overview
Valid:
363
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-9
Maximum:
15
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1523
End:
1524
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 15
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know (spontaneous) | 2 |
0.6%
|
| -7 | Does not apply | 25 |
6.9%
|
| 1 | Access to finance | 51 |
14%
|
| 2 | Access to land | 5 |
1.4%
|
| 3 | Business licensing and permits | 4 |
1.1%
|
| 4 | Corruption | 12 |
3.3%
|
| 5 | Courts | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | Crime, theft and disorder | 14 |
3.9%
|
| 7 | Customs and trade regulations | 9 |
2.5%
|
| 8 | Electricity | 28 |
7.7%
|
| 9 | Inadequately educated workforce | 118 |
32.5%
|
| 10 | Labor regulations | 3 |
0.8%
|
| 11 | Political instability | 10 |
2.8%
|
| 12 | Practices of competitors in the informal sector | 37 |
10.2%
|
| 13 | Tax administration | 3 |
0.8%
|
| 14 | Tax rates | 20 |
5.5%
|
| 15 | Transport | 22 |
6.1%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.