LAO

Lao People's Democratic Republic

2025
19902025

Showing values for 2025. The slider includes years with at least one sourced numeric observation for this country. A metric remains unavailable where its own source has a gap.

Military

Available Military metrics for Lao People's Democratic Republic. Values may be rounded; open a metric to inspect its evidence.
Metric2025 valuePeriodPrevious availableSources availablePeriod coverage
Military expenditure share of GDPraw · percentMilitary economic burden Unavailable missing 2025 ≈ 0.19
Exact value0.1898951818
2013		 — 22 / 36
Available periods1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Military expenditure share of government expenditureraw · percentMilitary budget priority Unavailable missing 2025 ≈ 0.78
Exact value0.7834076329
2013		 — 14 / 36
Available periods2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

International trade

Available International trade metrics for Lao People's Democratic Republic. Values may be rounded; open a metric to inspect its evidence.
Metric2025 valuePeriodPrevious availableSources availablePeriod coverage
Applied tariff rate, weighted meanraw · percentApplied tariff burden Unavailable missing 2025 1.41 2022 — 16 / 36
Available periods2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Exports of goods and services, current USDraw · USDExport scale Unavailable missing 2025 ≈ 5,284,450,716.03
Exact value5284450716.0257500000
2016		 — 27 / 36
Available periods1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Exports of goods and services, annual growthraw · percentExport momentum Unavailable missing 2025 ≈ 10.46
Exact value10.4579999987
2016		 — 16 / 36
Available periods2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
External balance on goods and services, current USDraw · USDGoods and services trade balance Unavailable missing 2025 ≈ -1,380,097,004.20
Exact value-1380097004.2027500000
2016		 — 27 / 36
Available periods1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
High-technology exports share of manufactured exportsraw · percentExport technology composition Unavailable missing 2025 ≈ 7.42
Exact value7.4196372958
2023		 — 14 / 36
Available periods2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Imports of goods and services, current USDraw · USDImport scale Unavailable missing 2025 ≈ 6,664,547,720.23
Exact value6664547720.2285000000
2016		 — 27 / 36
Available periods1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Imports of goods and services, annual growthraw · percentImport momentum Unavailable missing 2025 ≈ 4.55
Exact value4.5520000001
2016		 — 16 / 36
Available periods2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Merchandise exports, current USDraw · USDMerchandise export scale 12,377,000,000 available 2025 9,386,000,000 2024 — 36 / 36
Available periods1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Merchandise imports, current USDraw · USDMerchandise import scale 10,342,000,000 available 2025 8,663,000,000 2024 — 36 / 36
Available periods1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Trade share of GDPraw · percentTrade openness Unavailable missing 2025 ≈ 75.09
Exact value75.0918909204
2016		 — 27 / 36
Available periods1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016