Canada vs Laos: Economic Indicators Comparison

Canada with a GDP of $1.7T ranked the 10th largest economy in the world, while Laos ranked 118th with $18B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Canada and Laos ranked 133rd vs 11th and 21st vs 140th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Canada	Laos
GDP	$1.7T	$18B
GDP growth, 1 year	1.8%	6.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	1.9%	7%
Population	37.9M	6.9M
GDP per capita	$46k	$2.5k
GDP per capita growth	0.47%	4.62%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	1.24	2901.2
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.96	0.34
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$50k	$7.9k
GNI, Atlas method	$1.7T	$17.3B
GNI per capita	$45k	$2.5k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$1.8T	$50.1B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$48k	$7.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Canada	Laos
Income Tax Rate	33%	24%
Corporate Tax Rate	15%	24%
Inflation, consumer prices	0.9%	2%
Inflation, GDP deflator	1.9%	1.9%
Unemployment	5.9%	0.6%
Economic Freedom Index	78.2	55.5
Personal Freedom Index	9.26	5.8
Human Freedom Index	8.69	6.2
Property Rights Index	87.7	42.5
Judical Effectiveness Index	72.7	37.3
Business Freedom Index	81.7	54.3
Fiscal Health Index	83.3	53.3
Labor Freedom Index	72	58.6
Investment Freedom Index	80	35
Financial Freedom Index	80	20
Trade Freedom Index	87	82
Monetary Freedom Index	76	76.8
Government Spending Index	50.9	86.6
Tax Burden Index	76.5	87
Government Integrity Index	90.3	32
Corruption Perceptions Index	81	29
Life expectancy at birth, years	82.2	67.3
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	12.5	8.6
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	5.8	16.6
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	1.8	7
International tourism, number of arrivals	21.1M	3.8M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Canada	Laos
Central government debt, % of GDP	90.6%	63%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	N/A	90.2%
External debt stocks	N/A	$15.6B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	N/A	41.2%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	N/A	14.6%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	6.5%	-1.2%
Gross savings, % of GDP	19.7%	17.6%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	23.1%	29%
Total reserves including gold	$83.9B	$980.4M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$46.5B	$1.3B

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Canada	Laos
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	32.1%	33.2%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	34.1%	41.9%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$45.3B	-$1.4B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	18.1%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	N/A	$337.3M
Personal remittances received	$1.4B	$238.7M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	24.8%	31.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	1.7%	15.7%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$11.8B	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$4.8B	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	17.3%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	40.5%	21.1%