Laos vs North Korea: Economic Indicators Comparison

North Korea with a GDP of $43.3B ranked the 89th largest economy in the world, while Laos ranked 118th with $18B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, North Korea and Laos ranked 172nd vs 11th and 154th vs 140th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Laos	North Korea
GDP	$18B	$43.3B
GDP growth, 1 year	6.5%	-4.1%
GDP growth, 5-years average	7%	-0.8%
Population	6.9M	25.5M
GDP per capita	$2.5k	$1.7k
GDP per capita growth	4.62%	N/A
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	2901.2	N/A
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.34	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$7.9k	$1.7k
GNI, Atlas method	$17.3B	N/A
GNI per capita	$2.5k	N/A
GNI, PPP adjusted	$50.1B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$7.1k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Laos	North Korea
Income Tax Rate	24%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	24%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	2%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	1.9%	N/A
Unemployment	0.6%	3.3%
Economic Freedom Index	55.5	4.2
Personal Freedom Index	5.8	1.4
Human Freedom Index	6.2	1.4
Property Rights Index	42.5	20.1
Judical Effectiveness Index	37.3	5
Business Freedom Index	54.3	5
Fiscal Health Index	53.3	0
Labor Freedom Index	58.6	5
Investment Freedom Index	35	0
Financial Freedom Index	20	0
Trade Freedom Index	82	0
Monetary Freedom Index	76.8	0
Government Spending Index	86.6	0
Tax Burden Index	87	0
Government Integrity Index	32	15.1
Corruption Perceptions Index	29	14
Life expectancy at birth, years	67.3	71.9
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	8.6	11.2
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	16.6	20.8
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	7	4.4
International tourism, number of arrivals	3.8M	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Laos	North Korea
Central government debt, % of GDP	63%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	90.2%	N/A
External debt stocks	$15.6B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	41.2%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	14.6%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-1.2%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	17.6%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	29%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$980.4M	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$1.3B	$52M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Laos	North Korea
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	33.2%	N/A
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	41.9%	N/A
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$1.4B	N/A
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$337.3M	$118.5M
Personal remittances received	$238.7M	N/A
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	31.5%	N/A
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	15.7%	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	N/A	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	N/A	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	21.1%	N/A