Lao PDR's gross national expenditure (current LCU) was 140.49 trillion in 2016, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 279.06% from 37.06 trillion in 2006 (14.25% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 140.49 trillion | 2016 |
| Five years earlier | 74.08 trillion | 2011 |
| Ten years earlier | 37.06 trillion | 2006 |
| Highest | 140.49 trillion | 2016 |
| Lowest | 63.7 billion | 1984 |
| Average since 2007 | 91.81 trillion | 2007–2016 |
| First recorded | 63.7 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2016, Lao PDR's gross national expenditure (current LCU) rose 1.6% on 2015 (from 138.23 trillion to 140.49 trillion).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1985 to 2015), the average change was +22.6% and a typical year strayed about 17.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 76.8% in 1985. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2007 to 2016 the straight-line trend is upward, about 11.78 trillion a year. A straight line explains 97% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
What this measures
Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 22 values
| Year | Gross national expenditure (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 140,491,533,709,000 |
| 2015 | 138,232,430,789,000 |
| 2014 | 125,540,907,402,000 |
| 2013 | 114,361,624,761,000 |
| 2012 | 99,916,314,699,000 |
| 2011 | 74,075,644,937,000 |
| 2010 | 67,080,064,925,000 |
| 2009 | 58,001,006,604,000 |
| 2008 | 55,000,777,153,000 |
| 2007 | 45,413,757,875,000 |
Gross national expenditure (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Australia — 2.76 trillion (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 15.77 billion (2025)
- Cambodia — 196.35 trillion (2025)
- China — 130.98 trillion (2024)
- Fiji — 14.91 billion (2024)
- French Polynesia — 890.2 billion (2024)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 3.24 trillion (2025)
- Indonesia — 22,244.3 trillion (2025)
- Japan — 639.89 trillion (2024)
- Kiribati — 1 billion (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for Lao PDR
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$347.91 million (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$90.18 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan (current US$) — US$41.74 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$435.39 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$514.84 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$514.84 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$514.84 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Lao PDR's gross national expenditure (current LCU)?
- 140.49 trillion in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1984?
- It is up 220,452% from 63.7 billion in 1984 (27.2% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 140.49 trillion in 2016 and the lowest 63.7 billion in 1984.
- Is the latest change in gross national expenditure (current LCU) unusual for Lao PDR?
- In 2016, Lao PDR's gross national expenditure (current LCU) rose 1.6% on 2015 (from 138.23 trillion to 140.49 trillion). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1985 to 2015), the average change was +22.6% and a typical year strayed about 17.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
- Where does this data come from?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.DAB.TOTL.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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