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Lao Kip
LAKLaos · Issued by Bank of the Lao PDR
Price (USD)
—
Inflation (2024)
+23.13%
10y M2 change
+844%
M69 Score
0.0
Market Cap (USD)
—
via M2 · 2010
M2 (local currency)
21.30T LAK
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+23.13%
World Bank · annual
Country
Laos
ISO 4217 · LAK
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Lao Kip M2 money supply
Broad money in LAK (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Lao Kip inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Laos. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Lao Kip be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 LAK in 2001 buys today
0.55 LAKworth of goods
Lost 99% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
18,240.96 LAK
69 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 15:52:42
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- LAO
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/LAK
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Lao Kip?+
The Lao Kip (LAK) is issued by Bank of the Lao PDR. As the monetary authority for Laos, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Lao Kip?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Lao Kip: 23.13% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Lao Kip been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 844% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between LAK as accounting unit and LAK as a store of value.
Is the Lao Kip sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Lao Kip currently scores 0.0. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Lao Kip compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.