Lao PDR — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Lao PDR, 1984–2025.
Latest value · 2025
18.30 billion
GDP (Nominal) · current US$ · +941.6% since 1984
GDP for Lao PDR was 18.30 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 42 years, from 1984 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 18.98 billion in 2020. The lowest was 598.96 million in 1988 (about 30.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.88% per year.
Lao PDR ranks 139 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 66%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 18.30 billion, so Lao PDR sits level with it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 4% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 27%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
18.30 billion
First (1984)
1.76 billion
Change
+941.6%
Highest
18.98 billion
in 2020
Lowest
598.96 million
in 1988
Average
6.98 billion
Annual growth (CAGR)
5.88%
Years of data
42
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 18,302,970,218.59 |
| 2024 | 16,502,933,121.34 |
| 2023 | 15,843,155,731.26 |
| 2022 | 15,468,785,203.75 |
| 2021 | 18,827,148,530.93 |
| 2020 | 18,981,805,250.24 |
| 2019 | 18,740,561,512.56 |
| 2018 | 18,141,641,089.8 |
| 2017 | 17,071,155,481.5 |
| 2016 | 15,912,501,722.61 |
| 2015 | 14,426,380,125.65 |
| 2014 | 13,279,245,886.39 |
Reading this correctly. Gross domestic product at current market prices, converted to US dollars at official exchange rates. This is the number usually meant by 'GDP'. Figures are in current US$. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.