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International Rankings of Laos - 2022


SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 51 2 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 123 128000 2020
Internet users - percent of population 63 34 % 2020
Internet users - total 119 2.474 million 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 35 20 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 62 1.491 million 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 114 56 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 128 4.100 million 2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures 125 4.038 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 125 3.099 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 74 5.5 % of GDP 0
Exports 65 N/A US Dollars 2022
GDP (official exchange rate) 122 16.970 billion US Dollars 2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 94 34.6 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 87 14.1 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 92 63.7 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 82 43.2 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 23 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 39 20.9 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 44 33.2 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 147 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 20 8 % 2017
Labor force 99 3.582 million US Dollars 2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 15 73.1 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - industry 113 6.1 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - services 141 20.6 % 2012
Population below poverty line 94 18.3 2018
Public debt 58 N/A % of GDP 2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 103 56.790 billion US Dollars 2020
Real GDP per capita 104 7800 US Dollars 2020
Taxes and other revenues 121 18.3 % of GDP 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 132 5.4 2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 118 6.5 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 120 5.9 0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 25 37.871 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas 122 0 metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 141 2.855 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Coal - consumption 25 15.823 million metric tons 2020
Coal - exports 32 235000 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 101 18000 metric tons 2020
Coal - production 21 16.040 million metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 36 503.000 million metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 121 5.109 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - exports 8 24.114 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - imports 63 1.345 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 67 9.346 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 79 2.262 billion kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 55 0.2 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 109 35.6 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 16 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 32 64.1 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 34 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 65 0.1 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave 5 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 70 0 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 78 73.187 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 119 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - exports 55 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - imports 86 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - production 94 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - proven reserves 90 0 cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports 70 0 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 80 0 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 87 0 bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 139 19300 bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 101 0 bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - exports 122 0 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 128 17460 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 108 0 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 82 17.76 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 94 9 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 68 24.49 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 159 10.6 2018
Land use - arable land 107 6.2 2018
Land use - forest 15 67.9 2018
Land use - other 103 21.5 2018
Land use - permanent crops 72 0.7 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 131 3.7 2018
Revenue from coal 30 N/A % of GDP 2022
Revenue from forest resources 41 1.48 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 31 333.500 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 46 7.020 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 86 170.000 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 126 130.000 million cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 39 2.99 2025
Urbanization - urban population 137 38.2 2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually 98 351900 tons 2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually 89 35190 tons 2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled 57 10 % 2015
Geography
Area - land 79 230800 sq km 0
Area - total 82 236800 sq km 0
Area - water 77 600084 sq km 0
Coastline 159 0 km 0
Elevation - highest point 65 2817 meters 0
Elevation - lowest point 23 70 meters 0
Elevation - mean elevation 46 710 meters 0
Irrigated land 57 4409 sq km 2020
Land boundaries - total 32 5274 km 0
Land use - agricultural land 159 10.6 2018
Land use - arable land 107 6.2 2018
Land use - forest 15 67.9 2018
Land use - other 103 21.5 2018
Land use - permanent crops 72 0.7 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 131 3.7 2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 10 20.6 0497
Age structure - 25-54 years 126 38.29 3774
Age structure - 55-64 years 142 5.73 9833
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 38 3.62 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 62 0 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 11 4.46 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 37 8.15 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine 86 0.07 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 63 20.9 births/1,000 population 2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 15 21.1 % 2017
Contraceptive prevalence rate 61 54.1 % 2017
Current health expenditure 83 2.6 % of GDP 2019
Death rate 113 6.37 deaths/1,000 population 2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 120 6.7 % 0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 42 14.8 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 86 54.7 % 0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 62 48 % 0
Drinking water source - improved 25 97.1 % of population 0
Drinking water source - rural 49 15.9 % of population 0
Drinking water source - total 41 11.2 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 37 2.9 % of population 0
Education expenditures 61 2.3 % of GDP 2020
Hospital bed density 55 1.5 beds/1,000 population 2012
Infant mortality rate - female 33 33.63 deaths/1,000 live births 2022
Infant mortality rate - male 35 41.76 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Infant mortality rate - total 34 37.78 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Life expectancy at birth - female 151 69.88 years 2022
Life expectancy at birth - male 147 66.49 years 0
Life expectancy at birth - total population 150 68.15 years 0
Literacy - female 72 79.4 % 2015
Literacy - male 50 90 % 0
Literacy - total population 64 84.7 % 0
Maternal mortality ratio 45 185 deaths/100,000 live births 2017
Median age - female 118 24.4 years 2020
Median age - male 111 23.7 years 0
Median age - total 110 24 years 0
Mother's mean age at first birth 85 N/A 2022
Net migration rate 111 1.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population 0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 128 5.3 % 2016
Physicians density 131 0.35 physicians/1,000 population 2020
Population 100 7.750 million 2022
Population growth rate 62 1.34 % 2022
Sanitation facility access - improved 1 100 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - rural 57 28 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - total 54 17.8 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 92 0 % of population 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 13 10 years 2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 10 10 years 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 12 10 years 0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 12 1.03 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 23 1 0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 22 0.99 0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 27 0.94 0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 26 0.71 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - at birth 9 1.04 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - total population 18 0.99 male(s)/female 0
Tobacco use - female 52 10.3 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 8 53.3 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 19 31.8 % 2020
Total fertility rate 62 2.35 children born/woman 2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 39 2.99 2025
Urbanization - urban population 137 38.2 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 132 5.4 2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 118 6.5 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 120 5.9 0
Transportation
Airports 85 41 2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 40 4 0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 35 3 0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 42 1 2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m 26 N/A 2022
Airports - with paved runways - total 68 8 0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m 35 N/A 2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 28 2 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 49 9 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 64 33 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 46 22 2021
Heliports 23 N/A 2022
Merchant marine - total 133 1 0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 107 1.530 million 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 90 1.252 million 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 88 12 0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 27 1 2020
Railways - standard gauge 71 N/A 2022
Railways - total 128 N/A km 2022
Roadways - paved 87 5415 km 2009
Roadways - total 72 39586 km 2009
Waterways 26 4600 km 2012

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Laos on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Laos 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Laos 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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