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Country description

Lao PDR is a lower middle income country. It has a GDP per capita of around 2.08 Thousand USD (2023) and HDI value of 0.61 (2019)

Index description

The Index measure the country's efforts to open it's economy and strengthen its economy ties with partners through the selected economic integration channels: exports, imports, exports-non oil, Imports non-oil, worker remittances-inflows, workers remittances outflows, Foreign Direct Investment-Inflows, Foreign Direct Investment-Outflows.

Results for Lao PDR


2021 Simulator
projection
Rank 73
Score
0.15Value: 0.147124871611595
Value: 0.147124871611595

Comparison benchmarks
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Income Group
Region
KPI Information icon 2021 - Lao PDR
Weight Information icon Best Worst Aspirational value Information icon Current Value
plus interface iconGlobalization Index
Rank 73 / Score 0.15
Gross Domestic Product (billions USD)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
21887.90 0.59
Worst: Dominica 0.59
Best: United States 21887.90
19.08Value: 19.0786
Exports (millions USD)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
2742.40 0.02
Worst: Dominica 0.02
Best: China 2742.40
6.3Value: 6.30363
Imports (millions USD)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
2503.43 0.18
Worst: Comoros 0.18
Best: United States 2503.43
5.45Value: 5.45359
Exports-Non Oil (millions USD)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
2901.15 0.02
Worst: Dominica 0.02
Best: China 2901.15
6.43Value: 6.43048
Imports-Non Oil (millions USD)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
2312.61 0.18
Worst: Comoros 0.18
Best: United States 2312.61
4.76Value: 4.76385
Workers Remittances-Inflows (millions USD)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
85128.20 0.00
Worst: Bahrain 0.00
Best: India 85128.20
294.22Value: 294.219
Workers Remittances-Outflows (millions USD)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
61844.70 -130.73
Worst: Angola -130.73
Best: United States 61844.70
119.58Value: 119.578
Foreign Direct Investment-Inflows (hundred USD)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
2283.98 -460.83
Worst: Netherlands -460.83
Best: United States 2283.98
12.59Value: 12.5948
Foreign Direct Investment-Outflows (hundred USD)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
2116.46 -112.81
Worst: United Kingdom -112.81
Best: China 2116.46
0.11Value: 0.109943
Index Global Highlights
Global Details
Global Average
0.18 Value: 0.177573076264128
Developed Economies Average
0.19 0.192191214404172
Developing Economies Average
0.17 0.167373616507157
Highest Ranked Country Country Lebanon
Score
0.71 0.70957338809967
Global Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Country Country Iran, Islamic Rep.
Score
0 0.000505028816405684
Global Rank 156
Highest Ranked Developed Country Country Luxembourg
Score
0.48 0.476412147283554
Global Rank 6
Lowest Ranked Developed Country Country United States
Score
0.03 0.0251947157084942
Global Rank 153
Highest Ranked Developing Country Country Lebanon
Score
0.71 0.70957338809967
Global Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Developing Country Country Iran, Islamic Rep.
Score
0 0.000505028816405684
Global Rank 156
Arab Region Details Information icon
Arab Average
0.24 0.239743200892752
Arab Diversified Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, State of Palestine
0.25 0.251863731443882
Arab LDC Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen
0.21 0.206503496638366
Highest Ranked Country Country Lebanon
Score
0.71 0.70957338809967
Global Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Country Country Sudan
Score
0.04 0.0419706553220749
Global Rank 147
Highest Arab Diversified Country Country Lebanon
Score
0.71 0.70957338809967
Global Rank 1
Lowest Arab Diversified Country Country Egypt
Score
0.08 0.0775933191180229
Global Rank 129
Highest Arab LDC Country Somalia
Score
0.56 0.559056997299194
Global Rank 2
Lowest Arab LDC Country Sudan
Score
0.04 0.0419706553220749
Global Rank 147
Economies per capita
High-Income Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Nauru, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Monaco, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Qatar, Korea, Rep., Romania, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Czech Republic, Hong Kong SAR
0.21 0.212159547399967
Upper-Middle-Income Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Montenegro, Namibia, Paraguay, Peru, Russian Federation, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Serbia, Kosovo, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Venezuela, South Africa, North Macedonia
0.15 0.15010395330358
Lower-Middle-Income Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Myanmar, Comoros, Congo, Rep., Djibouti, Egypt, El Salvador, Eswatini, Ghana, Honduras, India, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Moldova, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Ukraine, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Uruguay, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Cote d'Ivoire, State of Palestine
0.17 0.172662586066872
Low Income Afghanistan, Chad, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Korea Dem Rep., Congo, Democratic Rep., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Haiti, Malawi, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, Somalia, Rwanda, Togo, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Uganda, Yemen, Central African Republic
0.15 0.148270376337071
Oil Exporting/Importing
Oil Exporting Average Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Chad, China, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Congo, Rep., Congo, Democratic Rep., Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Slovak Republic, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen
0.17 0.167778096060166
Oil Importing Average Afghanistan, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Croatia, Korea Dem Rep., Myanmar, Nauru, Chile, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Haiti, Malawi, Mali, Monaco, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Somalia, Korea, Rep., Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Togo, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Uruguay, Czech Republic, Hong Kong SAR, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, South Africa, State of Palestine, North Macedonia
0.18 0.183154307821968
Oil Exporting Best Country United Arab Emirates
Score
0.52 0.520649492740631
Global Rank 4
Oil Exporting Worst Country Iran, Islamic Rep.
Score
0 0.000505028816405684
Global Rank 156
Oil Importing Best Country Lebanon
Score
0.71 0.70957338809967
Global Rank 1
Oil Importing Worst Country Ethiopia
Score
0.02 0.0236253272742033
Global Rank 154
OECD Information icon
OECD Average
0.18 0.178260667400586
OECD Developed Average Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Czech Republic
0.19 0.186130251848336
OECD Developing Average Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Korea, Rep., Turkey
0.13 0.131956364959478
OECD Best Country Luxembourg
Score
0.48 0.476412147283554
Global Rank 6
OECD Worst Country United States
Score
0.03 0.0251947157084942
Global Rank 153
OECD Developed Best Country Luxembourg
Score
0.48 0.476412147283554
Global Rank 6
OECD Developed Worst Country United States
Score
0.03 0.0251947157084942
Global Rank 153
OECD Developing Best Country Mexico
Score
0.21 0.206435441970825
Global Rank 52
OECD Developing Worst Country Colombia
Score
0.06 0.0624261312186718
Global Rank 138
Arab region Information icon
Simple Average
0.24
Highest Ranked Country Country Lebanon
Score 0.71
Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Country Country Sudan
Score 0.04
Rank 147
AMU Information icon
Simple Average
0.19
Highest Ranked Country Country Libya
Score 0.31
Rank 19
Lowest Ranked Country Country Algeria
Score 0.07
Rank 131
East Asia and Pacific Information icon
Simple Average
0.2
Highest Ranked Country Country Singapore
Score 0.54
Rank 3
Lowest Ranked Country Country Japan
Score 0.05
Rank 144
Europe and Central Asia Information icon
Simple Average
0.21
Highest Ranked Country Country Luxembourg
Score 0.48
Rank 6
Lowest Ranked Country Country United Kingdom
Score 0.06
Rank 137
Latin America and The Caribbean Information icon
Simple Average
0.13
Highest Ranked Country Country Nicaragua
Score 0.35
Rank 14
Lowest Ranked Country Country Venezuela
Score 0.02
Rank 155
North America Information icon
Simple Average
0.07
Highest Ranked Country Country Canada
Score 0.11
Rank 105
Lowest Ranked Country Country United States
Score 0.03
Rank 153
South Asia Information icon
Simple Average
0.08
Highest Ranked Country Country Nepal
Score 0.14
Rank 78
Lowest Ranked Country Country Iran, Islamic Rep.
Score 0
Rank 156
Sub-Saharan Africa Information icon
Simple Average
0.13
Highest Ranked Country Country Lesotho
Score 0.34
Rank 15
Lowest Ranked Country Country Ethiopia
Score 0.02
Rank 154
Organization of Islamic Cooperation Information icon
Simple Average
0.18
Highest Ranked Country Country Lebanon
Score 0.71
Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Country Country Iran, Islamic Rep.
Score 0
Rank 156
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