Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP was -10.3% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2008–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp in Lao People's Democratic Republic is -10.3%, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at -10.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, -16.8%, in 2013.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 11th of 162 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | -10.8% | — |
| 2009 | -11.5% | +6.8% |
| 2010 | -11.0% | -4.2% |
| 2011 | -10.7% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | -11.0% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | -16.8% | +53.1% |
| 2014 | -15.5% | -7.9% |
| 2015 | -14.9% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | -13.9% | -6.9% |
| 2017 | -12.3% | -11.0% |
| 2018 | -12.3% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | -12.4% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | -11.4% | -8.0% |
| 2021 | -10.8% | -6.0% |
| 2022 | -10.3% | -4.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP in Lao People's Democratic Republic changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | -53.1% | -11.0% | -16.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -11.2% | -11.5% | -10.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | -13.1% | -16.8% | -10.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | -10.8% | -11.4% | -10.3% | 3 |
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More economy & growth data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 22,420 million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value Standard Local Currency 78.08 million million SLC (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita, 2015 prices 2.85 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 4.26 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita -4.28 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ -2.97 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth Standard Local Currency, 2015 4.26 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth Standard Local Currency 18.76 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices 182.22 million million SLC (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 1,874 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp in Lao People's Democratic Republic was -10.3% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was -10.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was -16.8% in 2013.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 11th out of 162 countries with data for 2022.
- Is cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of gdp rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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