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Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Laos

Laos: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.0009 million SLC per US$ of GDP in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.0009 million SLC per US$ of GDP
Change on year
up 2.4%
World rank
5th
of 193 countries
All-time high
0.0018 million SLC per US$ of GDP
in 2002
All-time low
0.0002 million SLC per US$ of GDP
in 1985
Years of data
40
1984–2023

Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Laos, 1984–2023

00.0010.0010.0020.0021984200320231984: 0 million SLC per US$ of GDP1985: 0 million SLC per US$ of GDP1986: 0 million SLC per US$ of GDP1987: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP1988: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP1989: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP1990: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP1991: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP1992: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP1993: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP1994: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP1995: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP1996: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP1997: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP1998: 0.002 million SLC per US$ of GDP1999: 0.002 million SLC per US$ of GDP2000: 0.002 million SLC per US$ of GDP2001: 0.002 million SLC per US$ of GDP2002: 0.002 million SLC per US$ of GDP2003: 0.002 million SLC per US$ of GDP2004: 0.002 million SLC per US$ of GDP2005: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2006: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2007: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2008: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2009: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2010: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2011: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2012: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2013: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2014: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2015: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2016: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2017: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2018: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2019: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2020: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2021: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2022: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP2023: 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

The most recent figure for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Laos is 0.0009 million SLC per US$ of GDP, measured in 2023.

The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 35.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Laos peaked at 0.0018 million SLC per US$ of GDP in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 million SLC per US$ of GDP, in 1985.

That places Laos 5th out of 193 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.

Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Laos, year by year

Year million SLC per US$ of GDP Change
1984 0.0003 million SLC per US$ of GDP —
1985 0.0002 million SLC per US$ of GDP -26.6%
1986 0.0003 million SLC per US$ of GDP +52.2%
1987 0.0005 million SLC per US$ of GDP +52.6%
1988 0.0009 million SLC per US$ of GDP +70.1%
1989 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP +17.0%
1990 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP -4.7%
1991 0.0011 million SLC per US$ of GDP +9.2%
1992 0.0011 million SLC per US$ of GDP -0.3%
1993 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP -8.5%
1994 0.0009 million SLC per US$ of GDP -8.0%
1995 0.0009 million SLC per US$ of GDP +3.0%
1996 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP +11.1%
1997 0.0012 million SLC per US$ of GDP +17.2%
1998 0.0018 million SLC per US$ of GDP +49.6%
1999 0.0017 million SLC per US$ of GDP -5.7%
2000 0.0015 million SLC per US$ of GDP -9.9%
2001 0.0017 million SLC per US$ of GDP +9.7%
2002 0.0018 million SLC per US$ of GDP +8.5%
2003 0.0017 million SLC per US$ of GDP -8.2%
2004 0.0017 million SLC per US$ of GDP -1.6%
2005 0.0015 million SLC per US$ of GDP -10.4%
2006 0.0012 million SLC per US$ of GDP -17.7%
2007 0.0012 million SLC per US$ of GDP -0.5%
2008 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP -15.2%
2009 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP -0.3%
2010 0.0009 million SLC per US$ of GDP -12.4%
2011 0.0008 million SLC per US$ of GDP -10.6%
2012 0.0008 million SLC per US$ of GDP -1.7%
2013 0.0007 million SLC per US$ of GDP -12.0%
2014 0.0007 million SLC per US$ of GDP -1.0%
2015 0.0007 million SLC per US$ of GDP -3.9%
2016 0.0006 million SLC per US$ of GDP -6.5%
2017 0.0006 million SLC per US$ of GDP -2.7%
2018 0.0006 million SLC per US$ of GDP -0.0%
2019 0.0006 million SLC per US$ of GDP +3.3%
2020 0.0007 million SLC per US$ of GDP +11.4%
2021 0.0007 million SLC per US$ of GDP +3.9%
2022 0.0009 million SLC per US$ of GDP +27.4%
2023 0.0009 million SLC per US$ of GDP +2.4%

Laos compared with similar countries

  • Laos's 0.0009 million SLC per US$ of GDP is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0 million SLC per US$ of GDP, 185.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
  • Laos's 0.0009 million SLC per US$ of GDP is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0 million SLC per US$ of GDP, 2262.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.0006 million SLC per US$ of GDP 0.0002 million SLC per US$ of GDP 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP 6
1990s 0.0012 million SLC per US$ of GDP 0.0009 million SLC per US$ of GDP 0.0018 million SLC per US$ of GDP 10
2000s 0.0014 million SLC per US$ of GDP 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP 0.0018 million SLC per US$ of GDP 10
2010s 0.0007 million SLC per US$ of GDP 0.0006 million SLC per US$ of GDP 0.0009 million SLC per US$ of GDP 10
2020s 0.0008 million SLC per US$ of GDP 0.0007 million SLC per US$ of GDP 0.0009 million SLC per US$ of GDP 4

Countries ranked near Laos

  1. 2 Indonesia 0.0023 million SLC per US$ of GDP compare
  2. 3 Cambodia 0.0011 million SLC per US$ of GDP compare
  3. 4 Paraguay 0.001 million SLC per US$ of GDP compare
  4. 6 Guinea 0.0005 million SLC per US$ of GDP compare
  5. 7 Uganda 0.0004 million SLC per US$ of GDP compare
  6. 8 Uzbekistan 0.0004 million SLC per US$ of GDP compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Laos?
Value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Laos was 0.0009 million SLC per US$ of GDP in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Laos?
The highest recorded value was 0.0018 million SLC per US$ of GDP in 2002.
What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Laos?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 million SLC per US$ of GDP in 1985.
How does Laos rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
Laos ranks 5th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
Is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Laos?
Over the last ten years it is up 35.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Laos data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

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Indicator
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, per unit of GDP
Unit
million SLC per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
193 places, 9,242 data points, 1970–2023
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Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.