France vs Laos: Economic Indicators Comparison

France with a GDP of $2.8T ranked the 6th largest economy in the world, while Laos ranked 118th with $18B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, France and Laos ranked 149th vs 11th and 27th vs 140th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	France	Laos
GDP	$2.8T	$18B
GDP growth, 1 year	1.5%	6.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	1.4%	7%
Population	66.6M	6.9M
GDP per capita	$41k	$2.5k
GDP per capita growth	1.54%	4.62%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	0.77	2901.2
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.91	0.34
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$46k	$7.9k
GNI, Atlas method	$2.8T	$17.3B
GNI per capita	$41k	$2.5k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$3.1T	$50.1B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$46k	$7.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	France	Laos
Income Tax Rate	45%	24%
Corporate Tax Rate	31%	24%
Inflation, consumer prices	2.1%	2%
Inflation, GDP deflator	0.8%	1.9%
Unemployment	9.2%	0.6%
Economic Freedom Index	66	55.5
Personal Freedom Index	8.96	5.8
Human Freedom Index	8.25	6.2
Property Rights Index	85.9	42.5
Judical Effectiveness Index	71.2	37.3
Business Freedom Index	82.5	54.3
Fiscal Health Index	67.1	53.3
Labor Freedom Index	46.1	58.6
Investment Freedom Index	75	35
Financial Freedom Index	70	20
Trade Freedom Index	81.4	82
Monetary Freedom Index	76.7	76.8
Government Spending Index	4.5	86.6
Tax Burden Index	48.8	87
Government Integrity Index	83.3	32
Corruption Perceptions Index	72	29
Life expectancy at birth, years	82.5	67.3
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	17.7	8.6
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	5.5	16.6
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	1.3	7
International tourism, number of arrivals	89.3M	3.8M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	France	Laos
Central government debt, % of GDP	98.6%	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	9.3%	-1.2%
Gross savings, % of GDP	22.9%	17.6%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	23.5%	29%
Total reserves including gold	$166.5B	$980.4M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$59.9B	$1.3B

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	France	Laos
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	31.3%	33.2%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	32.1%	41.9%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$19B	-$1.4B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	44.7%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	N/A	$337.3M
Personal remittances received	$27B	$238.7M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	16.9%	31.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	1.6%	15.7%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$15.9B	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$16.8B	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	47.5%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	56.4%	21.1%