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

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Created on

Jan 05, 2026

Last modified

Jan 05, 2026

Sent a voice message from a mobile phone (con30a)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateLao PDR

Overview

Valid: 707

Invalid: 293

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the past 3 months, have you personally done any of the following activities? Please answer yes or no: Sent a voice message from a mobile phone

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	503	71.1%
2	No	201	28.4%
8	Don't know	3	0.4%
9	Refused	0	0%
Sysmiss		293

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

Con9 = "A smartphone" or Con24 = "yes" or Con25 = "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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