Lao PDR - Informality

Firms competing against unregistered firms (% of firms)

Definition: Firms competing against unregistered firms are the percentage of firms competing against unregistered or informal firms.

Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).

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Year	Value
2009	12.80
2012	42.30
2016	77.20
2018	39.90

Firms formally registered when operations started (% of firms)

Definition: Firms formally registered when operations started are the percentage of firms formally registered when they started operations in the country.

Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).

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Year	Value
2009	93.50
2012	85.80
2016	96.30
2018	77.60

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Business environment