International Rankings of Laos 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Laos, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Laos, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	138	45379	0
Internet users - percent of population	177	25.51 %	2018
Internet users - total	124	1.845 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	73	20.28	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	65	1.491 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	185	59.33	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	128	4.362 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	127	4.038 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	127	3.099 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	78	5.5 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	123	42	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	123	50.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	123	62.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	56	78.1	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	124	16.970 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	98	34.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	92	14.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	95	63.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	85	43.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	24	30.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	28	3.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	41	20.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	47	33.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	151	45.9 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	57	30.3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	18	3.3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	21	8 %	2017
Labor force	100	3.582 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	17	73.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	117	6.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	150	20.6 %	2012
Population below poverty line	98	18.3	2018
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	109	56.110 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	125	7826 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	127	18.3 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	105	10.420 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	121	5.471 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	25	8.469 billion kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	66	28	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	12	72	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	40	1	2017
Electricity - imports	54	2.500 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	76	6.940 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	66	29.740 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	123	18000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	131	17460 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	84	17.76 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	96	9 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	70	24.49 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	164	10.6	2018
Land use - arable land	114	6.2	2018
Land use - forest	15	67.9	2018
Land use - other	110	21.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	78	0.7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	139	3.7	2018
Revenue from coal	32	N/A % of GDP	2021
Revenue from forest resources	42	1.48 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	31	333.500 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	47	7.020 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	88	170.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	128	130.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	41	2.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	151	36.9	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	99	351900 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	90	35190 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	59	10 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	81	230800 sq km	0
Area - total	84	236800 sq km	0
Area - water	79	600084 sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	64	2817 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	23	70 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	48	710 meters	0
Irrigated land	66	3100 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	32	5274 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	164	10.6	2018
Land use - arable land	114	6.2	2018
Land use - forest	15	67.9	2018
Land use - other	110	21.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	78	0.7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	139	3.7	2018
Total renewable water resources	31	333.500 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	10	20.6 %	0497
Age structure - 25-54 years	133	38.29 %	3774
Age structure - 55-64 years	151	5.73 %	9833
Birth rate	53	22.74 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	65	54.1 %	2017
Current Health Expenditure	85	2.3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	102	7.12 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	108	6.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	44	15 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	72	56.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	59	50.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	40	94.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	38	23.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	37	17.9 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	30	5.6 % of population	0
Education expenditures	48	2.9 % of GDP	2014
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	35	0.3	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	68	15000	2020
Hospital bed density	54	1.5 beds/1,000 population	2012
Infant mortality rate - female	24	42.95 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	22	55.75 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	24	49.48 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	165	68.26 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	170	63.83 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	167	66 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	45	185	2017
Median age - female	122	24.4 years	2020
Median age - male	113	23.7 years	0
Median age - total	115	24 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	110	0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	133	5.3 %	2016
Physicians density	128	0.37 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	99	7.574 million	2021
Population growth rate	62	1.46 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	19	98 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	59	33.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	50	22.8 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	89	2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	12	10 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	11 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	25	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	27	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	28	0.94	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	28	0.83 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	58	2.57 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	78	15.5	2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	46	20.8	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	63	18.2	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	41	2.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	151	36.9	2021
Transportation
Airports	85	41	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	40	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	70	8	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	28	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	49	9	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	64	33	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	46	22	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	117	1.530 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	92	1.252 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	90	12	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	88	5415 km	2009
Roadways - total	74	39586 km	2009
Waterways	23	4600 km	0005

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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