World Bank Group data on Lao PDR's energy production, use, dependency, and efficiency, compiled from the International Energy Agency and the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-28 and is available in CSV format under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It addresses trends in energy consumption related to economic growth, living standards, and poverty reduction.
Use Cases
- Modeling energy dependency trends based on compiled production and use data.
- Analyzing the relationship between energy efficiency and economic growth indicators mentioned in the description.
- Forecasting nonrenewable resource scarcity based on historical use and dependency patterns.
- Assessing sustainability of energy consumption patterns in relation to industrialization and population growth.
Strengths
- Data is compiled from authoritative sources: the International Energy Agency and the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center.
- License is clearly stated as CC-BY-4.0, facilitating open use.
- Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-04-28 05:41:59.902643.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group, via its data portal and the International Energy Agency and Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center.
- Collection Method
- Compiled by the World Bank from the International Energy Agency and the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 05:41:59.902643; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Lao PDR (Laos)