Lao People’s Democratic Republic

1. Mobile tariffs

2. Handset prices

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

5. International Internet bandwidth

6. Internet access in schools

1. GitHub commits

2. Internet domain registrations

3. Mobile apps development

4. AI scientific publications

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

2. Investment in emerging technologies

3. Robot density

4. Computer software spending

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

2. ICT skills in the education system

3. Use of virtual social networks

4. Tertiary enrollment

5. Adult literacy rate

6. AI talent concentration

1. Firms with website

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

3. Knowledge intensive employment

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

1. Government online services

2. Publication and use of open data

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

1. Secure internet servers

2. Cybersecurity

3. Online access to financial account

4. Internet shopping

1. Regulatory quality

2. ICT regulatory environment

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

4. E-commerce legislation

5. Privacy protection by law content

1. E-Participation

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

3. Availability of local online content

4. Gender gap in Internet use

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

2. High-tech exports

3. PCT patent applications

4. Domestic market size

5. Prevalence of gig economy

6. ICT services exports

1. Happiness

2. Freedom to make life choices

3. Income inequality

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities