Cambodia vs Laos: Economic Indicators Comparison

Cambodia with a GDP of $24.5B ranked the 110th largest economy in the world, while Laos ranked 118th with $18B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Cambodia and Laos ranked 8th vs 11th and 161st vs 140th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Cambodia	Laos
GDP	$24.5B	$18B
GDP growth, 1 year	7.3%	6.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	7.1%	7%
Population	16M	6.9M
GDP per capita	$1.5k	$2.5k
GDP per capita growth	5.91%	4.62%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	1404.74	2901.2
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.35	0.34
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$4.3k	$7.9k
GNI, Atlas method	$22.5B	$17.3B
GNI per capita	$1.4k	$2.5k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$66.1B	$50.1B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$4.1k	$7.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Cambodia	Laos
Income Tax Rate	20%	24%
Corporate Tax Rate	20%	24%
Inflation, consumer prices	1.3%	2%
Inflation, GDP deflator	3.1%	1.9%
Unemployment	1.1%	0.6%
Economic Freedom Index	57.3	55.5
Personal Freedom Index	7.45	5.8
Human Freedom Index	7.22	6.2
Property Rights Index	43.1	42.5
Judical Effectiveness Index	28.1	37.3
Business Freedom Index	31.2	54.3
Fiscal Health Index	94.8	53.3
Labor Freedom Index	62.5	58.6
Investment Freedom Index	50	35
Financial Freedom Index	50	20
Trade Freedom Index	65.4	82
Monetary Freedom Index	74.8	76.8
Government Spending Index	83.9	86.6
Tax Burden Index	89.4	87
Government Integrity Index	14.8	32
Corruption Perceptions Index	20	29
Life expectancy at birth, years	69.3	67.3
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	5.3	8.6
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	17.8	16.6
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	1.8	7
International tourism, number of arrivals	6.2M	3.8M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Cambodia	Laos
Central government debt, % of GDP	29.4%	63%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	58.2%	90.2%
External debt stocks	$13.3B	$15.6B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	17%	41.2%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	6.7%	14.6%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	13.1%	-1.2%
Gross savings, % of GDP	24.7%	17.6%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	23.4%	29%
Total reserves including gold	$13.9B	$980.4M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$3.2B	$1.3B

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Cambodia	Laos
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	61.6%	33.2%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	63.3%	41.9%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$3B	-$1.4B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	19.9%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$447.9M	$337.3M
Personal remittances received	$1.4B	$238.7M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	32.3%	31.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	22%	15.7%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$27.7M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$2.4M	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	15%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	23.2%	21.1%