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Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic) Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic) › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Laos indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Kip
Currency Symbol: LAK

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic), Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Laos in year 2010 is -10.205 %

This makes Laos No. 147 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Laos is 7.53 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Laos was -17.57 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Laos in 2010 was or will be 41.92% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Laos was or will be -13.59 %, which is 33.18% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Laos, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -16.321
  2015 -19.982
  2014 -25.952
  2013 -19.958
  2012 -15.427
  2011 -13.591
2010 -10.205
  2009 -17.57
  2008 -18.534
  2007 -15.892
  2006 -11.161
  2005 -18.054
  2004 -17.828
  2003 -13.13
  2002 -9.78
  2001 -11.342
  2000 -11.179
  1999 -4.168
  1998 -4.598
  1997 -10.001
  1996 -12.042
  1995 -6.597
  1994 -6.572
  1993 -3.06
  1992 -3.325
  1991 -2.319
  1990 -8.504
  1989 -15.075
  1988 -12.758
  1987 -8.597
  1986 -4.76
  1985 -3.067
  1984 -3.735
  1983 -6.638
  1982 -8.613
  1981 -9.396
  1980 -4.269