Current account balance in Laos
The current account balance of Laos was 11.1% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1984.
Laos, 2025
11.1%
Change from 2024
+7.9percentage points
Current account balance in Laos over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Laos |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.1% |
| 2024 | 3.2% |
| 2023 | 2.6% |
| 2022 | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 2.3% |
| 2020 | -1.6% |
| 2019 | -7.0% |
| 2018 | -9.1% |
| 2017 | -7.4% |
| 2016 | -8.7% |
| 2015 | -15.7% |
| 2014 | -14.5% |
| 2013 | -7.8% |
| 2012 | -7.3% |
| 2011 | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4% |
| 2009 | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 1.4% |
| 2007 | 3.3% |
| 2006 | 2.2% |
| 2005 | -6.4% |
| 2004 | -7.5% |
| 2003 | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.5% |
| 2001 | -3.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +7.9 percentage points from 3.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was -15.7%, the figure has changed by +26.8 percentage points.