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Laos Economic Indicators

Latest economic indicators and statistics for Laos.

Indicator Current Value Previous Value Frequency Period
GDP $16.5B $15.84B Yearly 2024
GDP Annual Growth Rate 4.26% 3.75% Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita $2,724.42 $2,648.89 Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita PPP $8,610.9 $8,372.16 Yearly 2024
Real GDP $21.17B $20.3B Yearly 2024
Annual Inflation Rate 23.13% 31.23% Yearly 2024
Annual Unemployment Rate 1.22% 1.19% Yearly 2024
Female Labor Force Rate 61.47% 61.37% Yearly 2024
Annual Exports $6.04B $9.56B Yearly 2023
Annual Imports $7.08B $7.62B Yearly 2023
FDI Inflows (% GDP) 11.24% 4.7% Yearly 2023
Net Trade (Goods & Services, BoP) $1.1B $621.83M Yearly 2023
Tariff Rate 2.49% 2.49% Yearly 2022
Adult Literacy Rate 87.5% 85% Yearly 2022
Gini Index 38.8 points 36 points Yearly 2018
Happiness Index 5.3 points 5.14 points Yearly 2024
Population 7.77M 7.66M Yearly 2024
Poverty Rate 15.7% 21.7% Yearly 2018
Primary Enrollment Rate 96.76% 97.22% Yearly 2023
Agricultural Land (%) 9.75% 9.52% Yearly 2022
Annual CO2 Emissions 24.8M tonnes 23.44M tonnes Yearly 2023
Forest Area (%) 71.61% 71.75% Yearly 2022
Corruption Control -0.97 points -0.97 points Yearly 2023
Political stability index 0.81 points 0.79 points Yearly 2023
Infant Mortality Rate 35.2 36.4 Yearly 2023
Life Expectancy 68.96 68.72 Yearly 2023
Physicians per 1,000 people 0.33 0.36 Yearly 2021
Electricity Access 96.5% 100% Yearly 2023
Internet Users 63.6% 62.7% Yearly 2023
Travel Earnings $227M $974M Yearly 2020
Visitor Arrivals 886,400 4.79M Yearly 2020