International Rankings of Laos 2014, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	1,532	166	2012
Internet users	300,000	130	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	112,000	143	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	6,492,000	99	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$2,250,000,000	141	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$2,122,000,000	138	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-1.40	70	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	4.3	86	31 Dec 201
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	21.90	14	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	-$315,500,000	95	2013 est.
Debt - external	$6,288,000,000	111	31 Dec 2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	36.7	81	2008
Exports	$1,984,000,000	140	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	39.60	100	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	9.90	167	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	69.00	78	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-46.80	91	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	29.60	36	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	-1.30	170	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	26.00	31	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	34.00	57	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	40.00	193	2012 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$9,047,000,000	142	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$2,800	177	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$18,920,000,000	134	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	7.90	21	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	26.20	41	2012 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	30.30	74	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	3.30	37	2008
Imports	$2,744,000,000	149	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	11.40	11	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	4.30	94	2013 est.
Labor force	3,308,000	101	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	75.10	25	2012 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	26.00	82	2013 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	49.10	67	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$796,900,000	141	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 3,556,000,000	137	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$4,034,000,000	119	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 1,154,000,000	145	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	23.5	139	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	2.50	185	2010 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	1,404,000	159	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	114	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	0	117	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	0	155	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	133	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	2,355,000,000	137	2012 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	2,020,000,000	41	2013 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	2.6	200	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	97.4	9	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	77	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	142	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	1,000,000,000	64	2010 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	1,895,000	106	2013 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	3,629,000,000	127	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	351.75	167	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	0	147	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	105	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	114	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	131	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	0	143	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	3,391	177	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	149	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	3,160	170	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	0	138	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	0	235	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	2817	84	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	70	28	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	588.9	51	2005
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	3.49	75	2005
Irrigated land (sq km)	3,100	66	2005
Land Area - sq km	230,800.00	81	NA
Land boundaries - km	5,083	32	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	5.91	147	2011
Land use - other (%)	93.67	90	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	0.42	152	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	29.01	181	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	236,800.00	84	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	333.50	32	2011
Water Area - sq km	6,000	64	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	1,607,856	97	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	1,574,362	104	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	1,190,035	106	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	1,111,629	108	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	73,038	86	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	71,400	91	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	0.20	168	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	1,178,180	91	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	1,198,288	90	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	35.50	55	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	716,368	90	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	706,679	91	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	21.30	16	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	1,174,102	108	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	1,143,265	111	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	34.60	181	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	166,605	123	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	160,650	121	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	4.90	164	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	137,728	130	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	113,301	125	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	3.70	177	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	25.23	58	2014 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	31.60	13	2006
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	38.40	125	2005
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	7.86	108	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio (number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+))	0	62	201
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	62.7	160	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - total	69.6	171	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	82.8	182	NA
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	37.3	40	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	30.4	33	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	17.2	24	2011 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	3.30	133	2010
Health expenditures	2.80	180	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	0.20	95	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	200	105	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	8,500	106	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	0.70	166	2010
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	50.11	32	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	61.91	30	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	56.13	34	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	65.17	182	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	61.20	182	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	63.14	182	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	63.20	168	2005 est.
Literacy - male (%)	82.50	157	2005 est.
Literacy - total (%)	72.70	171	2005 est.
Maternal mortality rate	470.00	21	2010
Median age - female (years)	21.90	177	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	21.40	175	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	21.60	176	2014 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-1.12	149	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	2.60	179	2008
Physicians density	0.19	150	2009
Population	6,695,166	103	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	1.63	74	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	48	138	NA
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	52	61	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	61.5	141	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	38.5	62	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	87.5	110	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	12.5	92	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	10	154	2012
School life expectancy - male (years)	11	139	2012
School life expectancy - total (years)	10	162	2012
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.02	181	2013 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	0.99	197	2013 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	0.98	148	2013 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.96	101	2013 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.82	92	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.04	162	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	0.99	100	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	74	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	2.98	59	2014 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	4.41	11	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	34.3	179	2011
Transportation
Airports	41	102	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	8	126	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	33	79	2013
Pipelines (km)	540	99	2013
Roadways (km)	39,568	89	2007
Waterways (km)	4,600	24	2012

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