Home > Global Insights > By Country > Laos > Statistics

Laos: Statistics

Economy 
Budget Expenditures $1.91 billion (2011 est.)
Budget revenues $1.76 billion (2011 )
Debt - external $5.96 billion (2011 est.)
Distribution Of Family Income - GINI Index 36.7% (2008 )
Electricity Consumption 2.23 billion kWh (2010 est.)
Electricity Exports 341 million kWh (2010 est.)
Electricity Imports 999 million kWh (2010 est.)
Electricity Production 1.553 billion kWh (2010 est.)
Exports $2.13 billion (2011 est.)
GDP - purchasing power parity $17.41 billion (2011 est.)
Note: data are in 2011 US dollars
GDP - real growth rate 8% (2011 est.)
Imports $2.34 billion (2011 est.)
Industrial production growth rate 17.7% (2010 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 7.6% (2011 est.)
Labor force 3.69 million (2010 est.)
Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2010 est.)
Natural Gas Exports 0 cu m (2010 est.)
Natural Gas Imports 0 cu m (2010 est.)
Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2010 est.)
Natural Gas Proved Reserves 0 cu m (2012 est.)
Oil Consumption 3 thousand bbl/day (2010 est.)
Oil Exports 0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
Oil Imports 1.918 thousand bbl/day (2010 est.)
Oil Production 0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
Oil Proved Reserves 0 bbl (2011 est.)
Unemployment rate 2.5% (2009 est.)
People 
HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate 0.2% (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate 57.77 deaths per 1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Population 6,586,266 (2012 est.)
Population Below Poverty Line 26% (2010 est.)
Population growth rate 1.655% (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate 3.06 children per woman (2012 est.)
Ethnic Groups:
Lao 55%, Khmou 11%, Hmong 8%, other (over 100 minor ethnic groups) 26% (2005 census)
Nationality:
noun: Lao(s) or Laotian(s) adjective: Lao or Laotian
Religions:
Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, other and unspecified 31.5% (2005 census)
Languages:
Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages
Geography 
Location:
Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam
Area
Total:236,800 sq. km
Land:230,800 sq. km
Water:6,000 sq. km
Coastline: 0 km
Climate:
tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December to April)
Terrain:
mostly rugged mountains; some plains and plateaus
Elevation Extremes
Lowest Point:Mekong River 70 m
Highest Point: Phou Bia 2,817 m
Environment - International Agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
International Organization Participation:
ADB, APT, ARF, ASEAN, CP, EAS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO (subscriber), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
Technology 
Airports 42 (2012 )
Cellular Telephones 5,481,000 (2011 )
Highways 39,568 (2009 )
Internet Hosts 1,532 (2012 )
Internet Users 300,000 (2009 )
Telephones 107,600 (2011 )

Sources:

CIA World Factbook

Glossary

visit main glossary page