Belarus vs Laos: Economic Indicators Comparison

Belarus with a GDP of $59.7B ranked the 78th largest economy in the world, while Laos ranked 118th with $18B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Belarus and Laos ranked 167th vs 11th and 97th vs 140th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Belarus	Laos
GDP	$59.7B	$18B
GDP growth, 1 year	3%	6.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	0.2%	7%
Population	9.4M	6.9M
GDP per capita	$6.3k	$2.5k
GDP per capita growth	3.19%	4.62%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	0.64	2901.2
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.31	0.34
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$20k	$7.9k
GNI, Atlas method	$53.8B	$17.3B
GNI per capita	$5.7k	$2.5k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$182.5B	$50.1B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$19k	$7.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Belarus	Laos
Income Tax Rate	13%	24%
Corporate Tax Rate	18%	24%
Inflation, consumer prices	4.9%	2%
Inflation, GDP deflator	11.6%	1.9%
Unemployment	5.7%	0.6%
Economic Freedom Index	61.7	55.5
Personal Freedom Index	6.24	5.8
Human Freedom Index	6.16	6.2
Property Rights Index	63.2	42.5
Judical Effectiveness Index	48.4	37.3
Business Freedom Index	76.4	54.3
Fiscal Health Index	95.4	53.3
Labor Freedom Index	74.8	58.6
Investment Freedom Index	30	35
Financial Freedom Index	20	20
Trade Freedom Index	82	82
Monetary Freedom Index	69.8	76.8
Government Spending Index	54.1	86.6
Tax Burden Index	88.8	87
Government Integrity Index	37.4	32
Corruption Perceptions Index	44	29
Life expectancy at birth, years	74.1	67.3
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	26.2	8.6
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	8.9	16.6
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	3.6	7
International tourism, number of arrivals	11.5M	3.8M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Belarus	Laos
Central government debt, % of GDP	47.8%	63%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	67.7%	90.2%
External debt stocks	$38.8B	$15.6B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	134.2%	41.2%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	13.5%	14.6%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	21.2%	-1.2%
Gross savings, % of GDP	28.8%	17.6%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	27.5%	29%
Total reserves including gold	$7.2B	$980.4M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$1.4B	$1.3B

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Belarus	Laos
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	70.2%	33.2%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	69.1%	41.9%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$34.4M	-$1.4B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	29.5%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$56.2M	$337.3M
Personal remittances received	$1.4B	$238.7M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	31.5%	31.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	6.4%	15.7%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$178.6M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$66.1M	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	29.3%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	39.1%	21.1%