Laos vs Thailand
Laos vs Thailand: Days above 35 °C
Days above 35 °C in 2014: 7.5 days in Laos and 39.9 days in Thailand, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Thailand, by 32.4 days, or 5.3 times that in Laos.
days a year · CMIP6
What the numbers say
- Thailand has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Laos at 31.4 days and Thailand at 95.9 days in 2100.
Every year
days a year · CMIP6
| Year | Laos | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7.5 | 39.9 |
| 2013 | 7.6 | 42.1 |
| 2012 | 6.8 | 40.1 |
| 2011 | 7.3 | 39.9 |
| 2010 | 6.8 | 39.8 |
| 2009 | 6.4 | 37.9 |
| 2008 | 6 | 36 |
| 2007 | 5.1 | 33 |
| 2006 | 6.5 | 39.2 |
| 2005 | 5.6 | 34.9 |
| 2004 | 7.3 | 39.4 |
| 2003 | 6 | 34.1 |
| 2002 | 6.5 | 36.3 |
| 2001 | 7.2 | 37.8 |
| 2000 | 5 | 32.5 |
| 1999 | 4.4 | 29.7 |
| 1998 | 5.4 | 33.3 |
| 1997 | 6.3 | 33.7 |
| 1996 | 4.6 | 31.3 |
| 1995 | 4.9 | 33.5 |
| 1994 | 5 | 33.5 |
| 1993 | 4.3 | 30.4 |
| 1992 | 3.3 | 25.5 |
| 1991 | 6.3 | 35.4 |
| 1990 | 7.3 | 37.7 |
| 1989 | 4.5 | 29.3 |
| 1988 | 5.1 | 30.6 |
| 1987 | 5 | 31.2 |
| 1986 | 5.2 | 34.3 |
| 1985 | 4.2 | 29.3 |
| 1984 | 5.3 | 32.4 |
| 1983 | 4.6 | 30.4 |
| 1982 | 5.8 | 33.1 |
| 1981 | 4 | 29.5 |
| 1980 | 4.1 | 28.8 |
| 1979 | 5.4 | 32.4 |
| 1978 | 3.6 | 26.1 |
| 1977 | 5 | 31.5 |
| 1976 | 4.7 | 29.7 |
| 1975 | 3.5 | 25 |
| 1974 | 4.9 | 31.5 |
| 1973 | 5.6 | 34.5 |
| 1972 | 4.3 | 30.3 |
| 1971 | 3.2 | 27.1 |
| 1970 | 4.4 | 28.7 |
| 1969 | 4.9 | 29.9 |
| 1968 | 3.8 | 29.4 |
| 1967 | 4.4 | 28.3 |
| 1966 | 3.7 | 25.4 |
| 1965 | 3.8 | 27.1 |
| 1964 | 3.3 | 26.6 |
| 1963 | 3.6 | 26 |
| 1962 | 3.6 | 28.7 |
| 1961 | 5 | 31.1 |
| 1960 | 5.8 | 32.9 |
| 1959 | 3.2 | 24.4 |
| 1958 | 5.4 | 33 |
| 1957 | 3.8 | 27.8 |
| 1956 | 3.8 | 27.1 |
| 1955 | 4.5 | 31.2 |
| 1954 | 4.7 | 30.3 |
| 1953 | 4.3 | 28.2 |
| 1952 | 6.4 | 34.1 |
| 1951 | 5.2 | 33 |
| 1950 | 4.3 | 28.5 |
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
| Year | Laos | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7.81.8–20.3 | 41.123.5–66.3 |
| 2016 | 6.60.9–15.2 | 38.915.7–61.2 |
| 2017 | 7.51.7–18.7 | 41.420.8–64.9 |
| 2018 | 8.32.9–17.8 | 43.521.7–65.5 |
| 2019 | 7.91.9–17 | 40.916.5–61.9 |
| 2020 | 8.52.3–18.9 | 45.617.3–66.6 |
| 2021 | 8.22.2–21.7 | 43.720.7–70.7 |
| 2022 | 10.43.4–22.7 | 47.826.4–73.3 |
| 2023 | 8.52.2–18 | 41.822.3–67.2 |
| 2024 | 9.12.3–22 | 44.726.9–70.9 |
| 2025 | 11.13.4–24.2 | 50.227.3–77 |
| 2026 | 8.92.7–23.9 | 44.425.2–80.5 |
| 2027 | 10.43.1–21.6 | 47.126.2–75.6 |
| 2028 | 10.92.4–21.8 | 51.123.1–73.3 |
| 2029 | 13.34.5–30.9 | 56.733.9–84.7 |
| 2030 | 11.23.8–24.8 | 50.726.1–78.9 |
| 2031 | 11.65.1–26.6 | 50.531.5–81.2 |
| 2032 | 11.41.5–26.8 | 49.823.6–85.7 |
| 2033 | 11.64–23.5 | 53.432–73.7 |
| 2034 | 12.34.8–24.5 | 51.531.6–83.4 |
| 2035 | 10.83.6–29.6 | 52.228.9–89.2 |
| 2036 | 11.15.7–22.4 | 53.335.2–77.4 |
| 2037 | 12.23.6–26.9 | 57.632–82.5 |
| 2038 | 15.65.3–30.7 | 62.238.5–91.5 |
| 2039 | 11.73.6–25.6 | 55.127.8–78.8 |
| 2040 | 11.63.5–29.7 | 53.728.4–91.3 |
| 2041 | 15.96.4–27.9 | 6337.5–86.6 |
| 2042 | 12.42.6–34.4 | 54.826.4–94.7 |
| 2043 | 13.55.2–25.9 | 57.129.8–85.3 |
| 2044 | 15.16.5–32.1 | 57.336.7–95.7 |
| 2045 | 13.66.5–27.5 | 54.934.2–90.2 |
| 2046 | 15.35–30.7 | 62.736.4–102.1 |
| 2047 | 17.44.2–35 | 63.635–98.5 |
| 2048 | 18.35.9–39.6 | 72.237.4–110.4 |
| 2049 | 177.3–36 | 66.240.8–98.3 |
| 2050 | 16.75.4–34 | 64.536.9–95.3 |
| 2051 | 17.35–33.5 | 66.135.5–97.1 |
| 2052 | 216.5–35.2 | 74.339.3–108.1 |
| 2053 | 15.75.6–41.2 | 64.635–106.7 |
| 2054 | 18.37.4–41.6 | 69.144.2–112.1 |
| 2055 | 20.37.8–38.7 | 71.445.3–107.6 |
| 2056 | 18.75.1–43.7 | 70.536.5–117.7 |
| 2057 | 18.55.9–35.1 | 7240–104.6 |
| 2058 | 21.16.2–39.3 | 73.140.6–107.3 |
| 2059 | 2210.8–47.1 | 77.251.2–121.4 |
| 2060 | 23.68.8–45.2 | 80.946–117 |
| 2061 | 22.34.1–40.8 | 77.335.3–117.8 |
| 2062 | 19.85.7–57.8 | 73.535.5–125.8 |
| 2063 | 22.97.8–46.9 | 83.640.3–122.6 |
| 2064 | 20.99.6–40 | 74.746.9–111.8 |
| 2065 | 19.76.6–50.8 | 69.939.5–124.8 |
| 2066 | 22.68.6–49.4 | 80.250.7–122.7 |
| 2067 | 16.46.1–40.7 | 69.437.9–116 |
| 2068 | 24.79–52.6 | 76.445.8–131.7 |
| 2069 | 24.67.1–57.4 | 77.747.4–128.7 |
| 2070 | 20.15.7–46.7 | 73.839.2–129.5 |
| 2071 | 22.98–52.2 | 80.642.2–131.6 |
| 2072 | 23.68.6–50.3 | 81.347.5–135.3 |
| 2073 | 27.812.2–54.7 | 88.854.2–133.4 |
| 2074 | 24.99.5–48.7 | 8444.3–128.1 |
| 2075 | 23.37.2–49.7 | 82.838.3–123.9 |
| 2076 | 25.25.7–53.2 | 82.937.1–132.9 |
| 2077 | 29.110.2–56.1 | 8849.4–132.4 |
| 2078 | 27.211.6–55.4 | 91.252–137 |
| 2079 | 25.38.6–68 | 85.749.5–144.4 |
| 2080 | 279.2–63.1 | 88.552.7–143.6 |
| 2081 | 25.710.6–57 | 87.150.9–135.1 |
| 2082 | 27.111.8–52 | 89.953.5–133.6 |
| 2083 | 26.39.4–70 | 87.145.8–149.7 |
| 2084 | 26.88.8–49.3 | 8447.7–131 |
| 2085 | 28.211.4–57 | 93.853.8–141.8 |
| 2086 | 24.98.4–64.2 | 87.745.8–139.2 |
| 2087 | 25.98.4–55.7 | 86.447.4–139.2 |
| 2088 | 27.46–71 | 90.441.7–153.2 |
| 2089 | 26.210.4–69.9 | 90.149–151.2 |
| 2090 | 25.810.8–63.7 | 87.853.3–154.1 |
| 2091 | 2610.1–61.9 | 8648.2–148.6 |
| 2092 | 29.910.2–68.8 | 92.650.2–149.9 |
| 2093 | 30.113.1–69.9 | 89.854.6–159 |
| 2094 | 28.111.3–59.4 | 95.549.6–143.6 |
| 2095 | 34.816.4–70.4 | 103.458.2–156.3 |
| 2096 | 26.910.4–75.2 | 89.951.3–155.4 |
| 2097 | 28.98.8–56.2 | 94.550.2–142.6 |
| 2098 | 26.811–71.1 | 89.851.6–149.6 |
| 2099 | 25.27.3–66.4 | 88.244.7–147.4 |
| 2100 | 31.49.8–60.6 | 95.951.1–153.3 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Days in a year whose highest temperature passes 35 °C, averaged over the country.
- Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
- The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
- Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Laos vs Thailand
Health
- Life expectancyLaos: 69 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLaos: 2.9 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLaos: 31.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionLaos: 2.91% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateLaos: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLaos: 7.67 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthLaos: 1.38% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLaos: 2.42 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLaos: 40.3% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageLaos: 24.3 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLaos: 4.5% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateLaos: -1.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLaos: 0.19% of GDP in 2013Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsLaos: $21.8M in 2013Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personLaos: $3 in 2013Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingLaos: 0.8% of government spending in 2013Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelLaos: 129,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerLaos: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLaos: 4.08% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLaos: 7 million TIV in 2024Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025