Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices … Current square in Laos
Laos: Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices … Current square was 0.7078 units per square kilometre in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices, Domestic currency, per in Laos, 1970–2019
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
Laos recorded 0.7078 units per square kilometre for gross domestic product (gdp), current prices, domestic currency, per in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.2% on the previous year and up 216.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product (gdp), current prices, domestic currency, per in Laos peaked at 0.7078 units per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0 units per square kilometre, in 1970.
Laos ranks 14th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices … Current square in Laos, year by year
| Year | units per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0 units per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0 units per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1972 | 0 units per square kilometre | +29.4% |
| 1973 | 0 units per square kilometre | +42.2% |
| 1974 | 0 units per square kilometre | +55.5% |
| 1975 | 0 units per square kilometre | +38.4% |
| 1976 | 0 units per square kilometre | +14.2% |
| 1977 | 0 units per square kilometre | +86.2% |
| 1978 | 0 units per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 0 units per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 0 units per square kilometre | +217.5% |
| 1981 | 0 units per square kilometre | +14.4% |
| 1982 | 0 units per square kilometre | +78.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +85.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +44.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | +190.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | +47.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | +29.4% |
| 1988 | 0.001 units per square kilometre | +42.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | +88.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | +42.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0033 units per square kilometre | +17.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0038 units per square kilometre | +17.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | +12.9% |
| 1994 | 0.005 units per square kilometre | +16.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0065 units per square kilometre | +29.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0078 units per square kilometre | +20.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0099 units per square kilometre | +27.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0191 units per square kilometre | +92.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0466 units per square kilometre | +143.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0617 units per square kilometre | +32.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0709 units per square kilometre | +14.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0831 units per square kilometre | +17.2% |
| 2003 | 0.1 units per square kilometre | +20.4% |
| 2004 | 0.1182 units per square kilometre | +18.2% |
| 2005 | 0.136 units per square kilometre | +15.1% |
| 2006 | 0.1587 units per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 2007 | 0.1901 units per square kilometre | +19.8% |
| 2008 | 0.2172 units per square kilometre | +14.2% |
| 2009 | 0.2235 units per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.2617 units per square kilometre | +17.1% |
| 2011 | 0.3041 units per square kilometre | +16.2% |
| 2012 | 0.3536 units per square kilometre | +16.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4067 units per square kilometre | +15.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4627 units per square kilometre | +13.8% |
| 2015 | 0.508 units per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 0.5601 units per square kilometre | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 0.6098 units per square kilometre | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 0.6604 units per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 0.7078 units per square kilometre | +7.2% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 0.7078 units per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.019 units per square kilometre, 37.2× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Laos's 0.7078 units per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0085 units per square kilometre, 83.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices … Current square in Laos 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +217.5% | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre |
| 1985 | +190.0% | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0004 units per square kilometre |
| 1999 | +143.6% | 0.0191 units per square kilometre | 0.0466 units per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0109 units per square kilometre | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | 0.0466 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1359 units per square kilometre | 0.0617 units per square kilometre | 0.2235 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4835 units per square kilometre | 0.2617 units per square kilometre | 0.7078 units per square kilometre | 10 |
Countries ranked near Laos
- 11 Colombia 0.9569 units per square kilometre compare
- 12 Costa Rica 0.7105 units per square kilometre compare
- 13 Singapore 0.7089 units per square kilometre compare
- 15 Cambodia 0.6232 units per square kilometre compare
- 16 Iraq 0.6132 units per square kilometre compare
- 17 Uganda 0.6024 units per square kilometre compare
More economy & growth data for Laos
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.39 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.6 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 60.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0083 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 19.21 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 52.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 14.03 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0069 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product (gdp), current prices, domestic currency, per in Laos?
- Gross domestic product (gdp), current prices, domestic currency, per in Laos was 0.7078 units per square kilometre in 2019, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gross domestic product (gdp), current prices, domestic currency, per recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7078 units per square kilometre in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product (gdp), current prices, domestic currency, per recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 units per square kilometre in 1970.
- How does Laos rank for gross domestic product (gdp), current prices, domestic currency, per?
- Laos ranks 14th out of 192 countries with data for 2019.
- Is gross domestic product (gdp), current prices, domestic currency, per rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 216.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices, Domestic currency, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices, Domestic currency divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices, Domestic currency ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices, Domestic currency International Monetary Fund
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices, Domestic currency divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.