Laos

National Accounts	Last	Frequency	Range
Nominal GDP (USD mn)	18,897.3 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
Real GDP Growth (%)	5.5 2019	yearly	2003 - 2019
Nominal GDP Growth (%)	5.240 2020	yearly	1981 - 2020
GDP per Capita (USD)	2,654.000 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
GDP Deflator Growth (%)	2.0 2019	yearly	2003 - 2019
Private Consumption Expenditure (USD mn)	10,383.476 2016	yearly	2000 - 2016
Private Consumption: % of GDP (%)	64.4 2016	yearly	2000 - 2016
Public Consumption Expenditure (USD mn)	2,208.204 2016	yearly	2000 - 2016
Public Consumption: % of GDP (%)	14.0 2016	yearly	2000 - 2016
Investment: % of GDP (%)	29.0 2016	yearly	2000 - 2016
Gross National Product (GNP) (USD mn)	17,745.839 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019
Gross Savings Rate (%)	18.4 2016	yearly	2000 - 2016
Forecast: GDP PPP Per Capita (PPP Intl $)	11,694.040 2026	yearly	1980 - 2026
Forecast: Nominal GDP Per Capita (USD)	3,649.680 2026	yearly	1980 - 2026
Forecast: Real GDP Growth (%)	5.993 2026	yearly	1980 - 2026
Total Trade of Goods & Services: % of Nominal GDP (%)	75.092 2016	yearly	1984 - 2016

Production	Last	Frequency	Range
Minerals Production (Metric Ton)	16,850,776.000 2019	yearly	2009 - 2019
Gold Production (kg)	5,579.000 2018	yearly	1997 - 2018
Silver Production (Metric Ton)	49.900 2017	yearly	2008 - 2017
Industrial Production: Textiles: Clothing (Piece th)	21,038.059 2019	yearly	1985 - 2019
Agricultural Production: Upland Rice: Total (Ton)	169,000.000 2019	yearly	1976 - 2019
Agricultural Production: Maize: Total (Ton)	793,625.000 2019	yearly	1976 - 2019

Government and Public Finance	Last	Frequency	Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%)	-5.2 2020	yearly	2012 - 2020
Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn)	-610.066 2019	yearly	2010 - 2019
Tax Revenue (USD mn)	2,043.467 2019	yearly	2010 - 2019
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%)	10.8 2019	yearly	2012 - 2019
Forecast: Government Expenditure (LAK bn)	50,372.610 2022	yearly	2000 - 2022
Forecast: Government Net Debt (LAK bn)	152,655.509 2022	yearly	2001 - 2022
Forecast: Government Revenue (LAK bn)	40,599.931 2022	yearly	2000 - 2022
Govt Budget: Revenue: Tax: Income Tax (LAK bn)	1,619.010 2018	yearly	2013 - 2018
Govt Budget: Total Expenditure (TE) (LAK bn)	31,002.850 2018	yearly	2013 - 2018
Govt Budget: Revenue: Tax: Excise Tax (LAK bn)	4,742.820 2018	yearly	2013 - 2018
Govt Budget: TE: Current Expenditure (CE) (LAK bn)	18,430.240 2018	yearly	2013 - 2018
Govt Budget: Revenue (LAK bn)	21,795.660 2018	yearly	2013 - 2018
Govt Budget: Revenue: Tax: VAT (LAK bn)	5,201.470 2018	yearly	2013 - 2018
Govt Budget: TE: Capital Expenditure (LAK bn)	12,572.610 2018	yearly	2013 - 2018

Demographic and Labour Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Population (Person mn)	7.1 2019	yearly	1950 - 2019
Labour Force Participation Rate (%)	77.3 2020	yearly	1990 - 2020
Employed Persons (Person)	3,474,582.000 2014	yearly	1994 - 2014
Unemployment Rate (%)	0.95 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Labour Productivity Growth (%)	2.62 2019	yearly	1992 - 2019
Forecast: Population (Person mn)	7.917 2026	yearly	1980 - 2026
Forecast: Employment (Person mn)	0.000	yearly	-
Forecast: Unemployment Rate (%)	0.000	yearly	-
Population: Mid Year (Person)	7,123,207.000 2019	yearly	1976 - 2019
Population: Mid Year: Female (Person)	3,443,000.000 2017	yearly	1976 - 2017
Population: Mid Year: Male (Person)	3,458,000.000 2017	yearly	1976 - 2017

Domestic Trade and Household Survey	Last	Frequency	Range
Motor Vehicles Sales (Unit)	10,400 2019	yearly	2005 - 2019
Motor Vehicles Sales Growth (%)	16.8 2019	yearly	2006 - 2019
Motor Vehicle Sales: Commercial Cars (Unit)	6,336.000 Dec 2019	semiannually	Dec 2005 - Dec 2019
Motor Vehicle Sales: Passenger Cars (Unit)	4,064.000 Dec 2019	semiannually	Dec 2005 - Dec 2019

Inflation	Last	Frequency	Range
Consumer Price Index CPI Growth (%)	3.6 May 2021	monthly	May 1994 - May 2021
Core CPI Change (%)	2.777 Dec 2019	monthly	Dec 2011 - Dec 2019
CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage Change (%)	2.674 Apr 2021	monthly	Dec 2011 - Apr 2021
Forecast: Consumer Price Index Growth (%)	3.100 2026	yearly	1980 - 2026
Consumer Price Index (CPI) (Dec2015=100)	116.380 May 2021	monthly	Dec 2010 - May 2021
CPI: Core Index (Dec2015=100)	107.340 Dec 2019	monthly	Dec 2010 - Dec 2019

Foreign Trade	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%)	8.062 2026	yearly	1980 - 2026
Trade Balance (USD mn)	250.6 Dec 2020	quarterly	Dec 1992 - Dec 2020
Total Exports (USD mn)	1,997.1 Mar 2021	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Mar 2021
Total Exports Growth (%)	28.6 Mar 2021	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2021
Aluminum: Exports (USD th)	901.472 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Exports: Medicament (USD th)	216.006 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th)	1,574.932 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Total Imports (USD mn)	1,704.2 Mar 2021	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Mar 2021
Total Imports Growth (%)	21.1 Mar 2021	quarterly	Mar 2005 - Mar 2021
Imports: Medicament (USD th)	23,683.505 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th)	10,171.554 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Total Exports to USA (USD mn)	8.642 Oct 2020	monthly	Feb 2005 - Oct 2020
Total Imports from USA (USD mn)	4.868 Jan 2021	monthly	Aug 2003 - Jan 2021
Total Exports to China (USD mn)	213.835 Feb 2021	monthly	Dec 1996 - Feb 2021
Total Imports from China (USD mn)	100.962 Feb 2021	monthly	Dec 1996 - Feb 2021
Exports: Agricultural Products (USD mn)	216.790 Dec 2020	quarterly	Dec 2018 - Dec 2020
Imports: Iron, Steel and Other Metal Products (USD mn)	124.620 Dec 2020	quarterly	Dec 2018 - Dec 2020
Exports: Wood Products, Pulp of Wood and Paper (USD mn)	84.790 Dec 2020	quarterly	Dec 2018 - Dec 2020
Imports: Machinery and Mechanical Equipment (USD mn)	219.140 Dec 2020	quarterly	Dec 2018 - Dec 2020
Imports: Crude Oil, Fuel, Lubricant and Others (USD mn)	159.320 Dec 2020	quarterly	Dec 2018 - Dec 2020
Exports: Mineral Products (USD mn)	383.070 Dec 2020	quarterly	Dec 2018 - Dec 2020
Imports: Electrical Machinery and Equipment (USD mn)	157.350 Dec 2020	quarterly	Dec 2018 - Dec 2020
Exports: Plastic and Rubber Products (USD mn)	113.220 Dec 2020	quarterly	Dec 2018 - Dec 2020
Imports: Foods, Beverages, Pharmaceutical Products & Consumer Goods (USD mn)	212.610 Dec 2020	quarterly	Dec 2018 - Dec 2020

Balance of Payments	Last	Frequency	Range
Current Account Balance (USD mn)	70.2 Mar 2021	quarterly	Mar 1994 - Mar 2021
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%)	-0.6 2020	yearly	1984 - 2020
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn)	339.8 Mar 2021	quarterly	Mar 2001 - Mar 2021
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%)	5.1 2020	yearly	1988 - 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn)	0.022 Mar 2021	quarterly	Mar 1994 - Mar 2021
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%)	-0.0 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn)	-0.3 Dec 2020	quarterly	Mar 1994 - Dec 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn)	0.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Dec 2020
External Debt (USD mn)	9,935.6 2019	yearly	1996 - 2019
External Debt: % of GDP (%)	52.6 2019	yearly	1996 - 2019
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn)	-1.896 2026	yearly	1980 - 2026
BoP: FA: Porfolio Investment (USD mn)	361.05 Dec 2017	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Dec 2017
FDI (USD th)	7,927,677.215 2019	yearly	2010 - 2019
FDI: Electricity, Gas and Air-Conditioning Supply (USD mn)	711.800 2017	yearly	2015 - 2017
FDI: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (USD mn)	381.683 2017	yearly	2015 - 2017
FDI: Mining and Quarrying (USD mn)	126.792 2017	yearly	2015 - 2017

Monetary	Last	Frequency	Range
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%)	3.1 Sep 2020	quarterly	Dec 2017 - Sep 2020
Money Supply M1 (USD mn)	1,569.286 Mar 2021	quarterly	Dec 1999 - Mar 2021
Money Supply M2 (USD mn)	12,165.614 Mar 2021	quarterly	Dec 1999 - Mar 2021
M2 Growth (%)	15.4 Mar 2021	quarterly	Dec 2000 - Mar 2021
Reserve Requirement Ratio (%)	4.0 Jun 2021	monthly	Jan 2002 - Jun 2021
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn)	1,238.6 Apr 2021	monthly	Dec 1988 - Apr 2021
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA)	3.3 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Sep 2020
Gold Reserves (USD mn)	34.574 May 2019	monthly	Jan 1989 - May 2019
Total Deposits (USD mn)	12,028.146 Dec 2020	quarterly	Dec 2004 - Dec 2020
Total Deposits Growth (%)	18.4 Dec 2020	quarterly	Dec 2005 - Dec 2020
Domestic Credit (USD mn)	9,605.6 Mar 2021	quarterly	Dec 1991 - Mar 2021
Domestic Credit Growth (%)	3.9 Mar 2021	quarterly	Dec 1992 - Mar 2021
Total Loans (USD mn)	8,430.795 Dec 2020	quarterly	Dec 2004 - Dec 2020
Total Loans Growth (%)	4.77 Dec 2020	quarterly	Dec 2005 - Dec 2020
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%)	41.79 2019	yearly	2012 - 2019
Monetary Survey: Narrow Money (M1) (LAK bn)	14,732.456 Mar 2021	quarterly	Dec 1991 - Mar 2021
Monetary Survey: Broad Money (M2) (LAK bn)	114,210.784 Mar 2021	quarterly	Dec 1991 - Mar 2021
Reserve Requirement Rate: LAK (%)	4.000 2020	yearly	1989 - 2020

Banking Statistics	Last	Frequency	Range
Capital Adequacy Ratio (%)	13.1 Sep 2020	quarterly	Dec 2017 - Sep 2020

Interest and Foreign Exchange Rates	Last	Frequency	Range
Exchange Rate against USD (LAK/USD)	9,390.789 Apr 2021	monthly	Jan 1957 - Apr 2021
Policy Rate (% pa)	3.00 Apr 2021	monthly	Dec 1992 - Apr 2021

Energy	Last	Frequency	Range
Electricity Production (GWh)	31,134 2019	yearly	1985 - 2019

Tourism	Last	Frequency	Range
Visitor Arrivals (Person)	886,447 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Visitor Arrivals Growth (%)	16.2 Dec 2019	monthly	Jan 2007 - Dec 2019
Tourism Revenue (USD mn)	213 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Tourism Revenue Growth (%)	-77.2 2020	yearly	1992 - 2020

Financial Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Equity Market Index (11Jan2011=1000)	548.5 Apr 2021	monthly	Jan 2011 - Apr 2021
Market Capitalization (USD mn)	131.205 May 2021	monthly	Jan 2011 - May 2021
LSX: Turnover Volume (Share)	784,700.000 Jun 2021	monthly	Feb 2011 - Jun 2021
LSX: Turnover Value (LAK mn)	3,601.044 Jun 2021	monthly	Feb 2011 - Jun 2021

Transport and Telecommunications	Last	Frequency	Range
Number of Subscriber Fixed Line (Unit)	1,490,831.000 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Number of Subscriber Mobile (Person)	4,362,183.000 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Teledensity: Fixed Line (Number)	20.794 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Teledensity: Mobile (Number)	60.844 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Exports: Telecommunication Equipment (USD th)	301,859.399 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Exports: Television (USD th)	156.792 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Imports: Telecommunication Equipment (USD th)	112,357.938 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Imports: Television (USD th)	10,531.761 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Passenger Carried: By Railway (Person th)	32.300 2017	yearly	2014 - 2017