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Lao People's Democratic Republic

No Open Banking

The only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.

51% of the population uses the internet.

37% of adults in Lao PDR have bank accounts, leaving 63% unbanked.

The landlocked nation of over 7 million people has been a communist state since the 1950s. 85% of the population is involved in subsistence-level agriculture, mainly rice farming. The Lao People’s Democratic Republic does not have official Open Banking plans.