Lao PDR's gross national expenditure (current US$) was US$17.29 billion in 2016, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 373.73% from US$3.65 billion in 2006 (16.83% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$17.29 billion | 2016 |
| Five years earlier | US$9.23 billion | 2011 |
| Ten years earlier | US$3.65 billion | 2006 |
| Highest | US$17.29 billion | 2016 |
| Lowest | US$708.4 million | 1988 |
| Average since 2007 | US$11.22 billion | 2007–2016 |
| First recorded | US$1.82 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2016, Lao PDR's gross national expenditure (current US$) rose 1.7% on 2015 (from US$17.01 billion to US$17.29 billion).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1985 to 2015), the average change was +9.5% and a typical year strayed about 22.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 37.5% in 1985 and the biggest yearly fall was 39.6% in 1988. 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 US$1.54 billion 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.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Lao PDR | US$17.29 billion | 2016 |
| World | US$111.01 trillion | 2024 |
| East Asia & Pacific | US$31.17 trillion | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | US$8.19 trillion | 2025 |
What this measures
Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 22 values
| Year | Gross national expenditure (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 17,292,613,434 |
| 2015 | 17,007,757,584 |
| 2014 | 15,609,839,190 |
| 2013 | 14,599,548,961 |
| 2012 | 12,479,271,966 |
| 2011 | 9,225,709,638 |
| 2010 | 8,126,816,090 |
| 2009 | 6,814,547,478 |
| 2008 | 6,292,864,486 |
| 2007 | 4,729,255,479 |
Gross national expenditure (current US$) in nearby economies
- Australia — US$1.79 trillion (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — US$12.06 billion (2025)
- Cambodia — US$48.92 billion (2025)
- China — US$18.2 trillion (2024)
- Fiji — US$6.57 billion (2024)
- French Polynesia — US$8.07 billion (2024)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — US$415.05 billion (2025)
- Indonesia — US$1.35 trillion (2025)
- Japan — US$4.23 trillion (2024)
- Kiribati — US$661.4 million (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for Lao PDR
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — 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 US$)?
- US$17.29 billion in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1984?
- It is up 850.14% from US$1.82 billion in 1984 (7.29% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$17.29 billion in 2016 and the lowest US$708.4 million in 1988.
- Is the latest change in gross national expenditure (current US$) unusual for Lao PDR?
- In 2016, Lao PDR's gross national expenditure (current US$) rose 1.7% on 2015 (from US$17.01 billion to US$17.29 billion). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1985 to 2015), the average change was +9.5% and a typical year strayed about 22.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.DAB.TOTL.CD, 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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