Haiti vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Military spending as a share of GDP
Haiti
0.1%
in 2019
Lao People's Democratic Republic
0.2%
in 2016
Haiti rank
171st
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
169th
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Haiti
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
How they compare
Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 0.2% against 0.1% in Haiti, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Lao People's Democratic Republic's figure about 1.8 times Haiti's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Haiti ahead.
Haiti ranks 171st and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 169th of 172 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Haiti averaged higher in 1 and Lao People's Democratic Republic in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Haiti | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.8% | Haiti |
| 1960s | 0.9% | 13.5% | 12.6% | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1970s | 0.6% | 7.1% | 6.5% | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1980s | 0.6% | 4.3% | 3.7% | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 3.7% | 3.2% | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Haiti or Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 0.2% against 0.1% in Haiti as of 2016.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Haiti and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- 0.1%, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2016.
- How do Haiti and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Haiti ranks 171st and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 169th of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Military spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Military spending measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).