Kyrgyzstan vs Laos: Economic Indicators Comparison

Laos with a GDP of $18B ranked the 118th largest economy in the world, while Kyrgyzstan ranked 147th with $8.1B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Laos and Kyrgyzstan ranked 11th vs 52nd and 140th vs 166th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Kyrgyzstan	Laos
GDP	$8.1B	$18B
GDP growth, 1 year	3.5%	6.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	4.1%	7%
Population	6.2M	6.9M
GDP per capita	$1.3k	$2.5k
GDP per capita growth	1.57%	4.62%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	22.71	2901.2
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.33	0.34
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.8k	$7.9k
GNI, Atlas method	$7.7B	$17.3B
GNI per capita	$1.2k	$2.5k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$23.9B	$50.1B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.8k	$7.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Kyrgyzstan	Laos
Income Tax Rate	10%	24%
Corporate Tax Rate	10%	24%
Inflation, consumer prices	1.5%	2%
Inflation, GDP deflator	1.5%	1.9%
Unemployment	7.2%	0.6%
Economic Freedom Index	62.9	55.5
Personal Freedom Index	6.56	5.8
Human Freedom Index	6.65	6.2
Property Rights Index	53.6	42.5
Judical Effectiveness Index	31.3	37.3
Business Freedom Index	73.6	54.3
Fiscal Health Index	66.7	53.3
Labor Freedom Index	79.6	58.6
Investment Freedom Index	60	35
Financial Freedom Index	50	20
Trade Freedom Index	79.2	82
Monetary Freedom Index	76.4	76.8
Government Spending Index	58.5	86.6
Tax Burden Index	94.1	87
Government Integrity Index	32	32
Corruption Perceptions Index	29	29
Life expectancy at birth, years	71.2	67.3
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	8.3	8.6
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	15.4	16.6
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	4.2	7
International tourism, number of arrivals	423k	3.8M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Kyrgyzstan	Laos
Central government debt, % of GDP	56%	63%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	103%	90.2%
External debt stocks	$8.1B	$15.6B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	21.3%	41.2%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	31.3%	14.6%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	12.9%	-1.2%
Gross savings, % of GDP	28.1%	17.6%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	35.4%	29%
Total reserves including gold	$2.2B	$980.4M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$144.2M	$1.3B

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Kyrgyzstan	Laos
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	32.7%	33.2%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	68.4%	41.9%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$718.5M	-$1.4B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	28.6%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$384.5M	$337.3M
Personal remittances received	$2.7B	$238.7M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	27.5%	31.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	11.6%	15.7%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$6M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$1.2M	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	26%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	37.2%	21.1%