Burundi vs Laos: Economic Indicators Comparison

Laos with a GDP of $18B ranked the 118th largest economy in the world, while Burundi ranked 167th with $3B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Laos and Burundi ranked 11th vs 168th and 140th vs 197th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Burundi	Laos
GDP	$3B	$18B
GDP growth, 1 year	0.1%	6.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	-0.1%	7%
Population	10.9M	6.9M
GDP per capita	$272	$2.5k
GDP per capita growth	-1.56%	4.62%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	651.05	2901.2
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.37	0.34
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$733	$7.9k
GNI, Atlas method	$3.1B	$17.3B
GNI per capita	$280	$2.5k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$8.3B	$50.1B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$750	$7.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Burundi	Laos
Income Tax Rate	35%	24%
Corporate Tax Rate	35%	24%
Inflation, consumer prices	1.2%	2%
Inflation, GDP deflator	-2.9%	1.9%
Unemployment	1.5%	0.6%
Economic Freedom Index	49	55.5
Personal Freedom Index	6.27	5.8
Human Freedom Index	5.7	6.2
Property Rights Index	24.9	42.5
Judical Effectiveness Index	26.9	37.3
Business Freedom Index	55.1	54.3
Fiscal Health Index	13.2	53.3
Labor Freedom Index	67.4	58.6
Investment Freedom Index	50	35
Financial Freedom Index	30	20
Trade Freedom Index	68.2	82
Monetary Freedom Index	70.3	76.8
Government Spending Index	85.8	86.6
Tax Burden Index	73.7	87
Government Integrity Index	22.3	32
Corruption Perceptions Index	17	29
Life expectancy at birth, years	60.9	67.3
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	9.1	8.6
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	34.7	16.6
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	6	7
International tourism, number of arrivals	299k	3.8M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Burundi	Laos
Central government debt, % of GDP	58.4%	63%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	19.2%	90.2%
External debt stocks	$589.3M	$15.6B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	0.4%	41.2%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	14%	14.6%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-19%	-1.2%
Gross savings, % of GDP	4.3%	17.6%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	11.1%	29%
Total reserves including gold	$68.1M	$980.4M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$984k	$1.3B

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Burundi	Laos
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	7.8%	33.2%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	30.5%	41.9%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$362.6M	-$1.4B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	15.8%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$380.5M	$337.3M
Personal remittances received	$48.3M	$238.7M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	11.1%	31.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	29%	15.7%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$4.7k	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$3.4k	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	20.6%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	21.8%	21.1%