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

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Created on

Jan 05, 2026

Last modified

Jan 05, 2026

Could use account without help (fin11_2)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateLao PDR

Overview

Valid: 580

Invalid: 420

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

If you were to open an account at a bank or a similar financial institution, do you think you could use it by yourself, or would you need the help of another person?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	216	37.2%
2	No	329	56.7%
3	Don't know	34	5.9%
4	Refused	1	0.2%
Sysmiss		420

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

Fin1 and Fin2 = "no/dk/r"

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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