Country profile
Laos
Asia · Capital: Vientiane · Currency: Lao kip (LAK)
Laos is a country in Asia, with its capital at Vientiane. It has a GDP of $16.5B (2024), a population of 7.9M (2025), a GDP per capita of $2,124.
- GDP
- $16.5B
- GDP per capita
- $2,124
- Population
- 7.9M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $10,383
2024 · #137 of 200
2024 · #162 of 200
2025 · #102 of 216
2025 · #126 of 185
Economy
- GDP
- $16.5B2024 · #137
- GDP per capita
- $2,1242024 · #162
- GDP growth
- 4.13%2024 · #64
- Inflation
- 23.13%2024 · #162
- Unemployment
- 1.19%2025 · #8
- Population
- 7.9M2025 · #102
- GDP (PPP)
- $81.75B2025 · #108
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $10,3832025 · #126
- Gini index
- 34.72024 · #80
- Government debt
- 74.6%2026 · #142
People
- Median age
- 25.4 yrs2024 · #170
- Fertility rate
- 2.4 children/woman2024 · #81
- Urbanization
- 40.3%2025 · #172
- Net migration
- −10,645/yr2025 · #153
- Life expectancy
- 69.2 yrs2024 · #158
- HDI
- 0.6172023 · #147
Money
- Corporate tax
- 35%2024 · #2
Figures
- Internet users
- 65.6%2024 · #128
- CO₂ per capita
- 3.4 t2024 · #89
- Area
- 236,800 km²#85
- Population density
- 33 /km²2025 · #166
- McDonald's
- 02024
- Unicorn startups
- 02026-03
- Billionaires
- 02026
- Passport power
- 46 destinations2026 · #176
- Corruption index
- 33/1002024 · #115
- Military spending
- 0.2%2013
- Renewable energy
- 51.5%2021 · #47