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

Reason for no account: fees too expensive (fin11b)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateLao PDR

Overview

Valid: 580

Invalid: 420

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 3

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 3

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Are any of the following statements reasons why you do not have an account at a bank or similar financial institution? Please answer yes or no to each of the following: Financial service fees are too expensive

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	168	29%
2	No	356	61.4%
3	Don't know	56	9.7%
4	Refused	0	0%
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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