Laos vs Malawi: Economic Indicators Comparison

Laos with a GDP of $18B ranked the 118th largest economy in the world, while Malawi ranked 150th with $7.1B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Laos and Malawi ranked 11th vs 63rd and 140th vs 195th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Laos	Malawi
GDP	$18B	$7.1B
GDP growth, 1 year	6.5%	3.2%
GDP growth, 5-years average	7%	3.6%
Population	6.9M	18.6M
GDP per capita	$2.5k	$389
GDP per capita growth	4.62%	0.8%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	2901.2	217.52
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.34	0.3
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$7.9k	$1.2k
GNI, Atlas method	$17.3B	$6.5B
GNI per capita	$2.5k	$360
GNI, PPP adjusted	$50.1B	$23.7B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$7.1k	$1.3k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Laos	Malawi
Income Tax Rate	24%	30%
Corporate Tax Rate	24%	30%
Inflation, consumer prices	2%	9.2%
Inflation, GDP deflator	1.9%	8.6%
Unemployment	0.6%	5.4%
Economic Freedom Index	55.5	52.8
Personal Freedom Index	5.8	7.18
Human Freedom Index	6.2	6.68
Property Rights Index	42.5	43.1
Judical Effectiveness Index	37.3	42.1
Business Freedom Index	54.3	41.9
Fiscal Health Index	53.3	23.6
Labor Freedom Index	58.6	62.8
Investment Freedom Index	35	50
Financial Freedom Index	20	50
Trade Freedom Index	82	75.4
Monetary Freedom Index	76.8	69.1
Government Spending Index	86.6	71.7
Tax Burden Index	87	79
Government Integrity Index	32	24.8
Corruption Perceptions Index	29	32
Life expectancy at birth, years	67.3	63.3
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	8.6	3.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	16.6	31
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	7	1.7
International tourism, number of arrivals	3.8M	871k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Laos	Malawi
Central government debt, % of GDP	63%	61.3%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	90.2%	32.2%
External debt stocks	$15.6B	$2.3B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	41.2%	3%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	14.6%	5.7%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-1.2%	-16.7%
Gross savings, % of GDP	17.6%	13.2%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	29%	13.4%
Total reserves including gold	$980.4M	$759.6M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$1.3B	$102M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Laos	Malawi
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	33.2%	29.2%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	41.9%	36.2%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$1.4B	-$1.4B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	N/A	18.1%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$337.3M	$973.7M
Personal remittances received	$238.7M	$181.6M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	31.5%	14.4%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	15.7%	26.1%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	N/A	$3.2M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	N/A	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	N/A	20.9%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	21.1%	30.7%