Where did you get that statistic ? lao PDR's government ? Oh please...Maybe the PDR's parties member that get out of the poorest list, certainly not majority of Lao.
This is called Flower report (Lai ngarn dokmai) under the new regime. They always report good news about the progress the of the country. If you report something bad or needs to be improved, it means you don't do good job and you will be replaced.
he Rich List calculations are based on figures from the World Bank Development Research Group. To calculate the most accurate position for each individual we assume that the world's total population is 6 billion¹ and the average worldwide annual income is $5,000².
Below is the yearly income in percentage for different income groups according to the World Bank's figures³.
