The Global Findex Database 2025: Connectivity and Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

Lao PDR, 2024

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Reference ID

LAO_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Study website

Created on

Jan 05, 2026

Last modified

Jan 05, 2026

Frequency of data package purchase (con28)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateLao PDR

Overview

Valid: 632

Invalid: 368

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 22

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How frequently do you buy your data package to use the Internet? Daily, weekly, monthly, or less than once a month?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Daily	81	12.8%
2	Weekly	303	47.9%
3	Monthly	222	35.1%
4	Less than once a month	23	3.6%
7	Never	0	0%
8	Don't know	3	0.5%
9	Refused	0	0%
Sysmiss		368

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.

Interviewer instructions

Con27 = "yes"

Others

Notes

Note: "no/dk/r" indicates the response categories: no, dk="don't know" and r="refused" Words in brackets [] indicate local or economy-specific terminology.

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