Lao People’s Democratic Republic

  • President:Thongloun Sisoulith
  • Prime Minister:Sonexay Siphandone
  • Capital city:Vientiane (Viangchan)
  • Languages:Lao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:7,685,577 (2024)
  • Area, sq km:230,800
  • GDP per capita, US$:2,054 (2022)
  • GDP, billion current US$:15.5 (2022)
  • GINI index:38.8 (2018)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:154

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    • March 2023
      Source: The Global Data Lab
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 10 March, 2024
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      Data citation: Data retrieved from the Area Database of the Global Data Lab, https://globaldatalab.org/areadata/, version v4.2.Smits, J. GDL Area Database. Sub-national development indicators for research and policy making. GDL Working Paper 16-101 (2016).
    • November 2023
      Source: INSEAD
      Uploaded by: Jonathan Kilach
      Accessed On: 24 January, 2024
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      Data cited at: INSEAD-https: //knowledge.insead.edu/talent-management/global-talent-competitiveness-index-2932
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    • April 2024
      Source: World Bank
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 01 April, 2024
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    • February 2021
      Source: Statistics Mauritius
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      Accessed On: 18 February, 2021
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      Data cited at: https://mauritius.opendataforafrica.org/HDIM2016
    • March 2024
      Source: United Nations Development Programme
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      Accessed On: 10 April, 2024
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      Data Cited at: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, Human Development Data Center The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of achievements in three key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living. The HDI is the geometric mean of normalized indices for each of the the three dimensions.
    • December 2023
      Source: Cato Institute
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      Accessed On: 09 January, 2024
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      Data Cited at: Cato Institute-https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index-new Note:- Each indicator is rated on a 0–10 scale, with 10-representing the most freedom.
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    • July 2021
      Source: U.S. Agency for International Development
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 27 September, 2021
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      These tables offer a summary of obligations and disbursements in current and constant dollars by funding agency, funding account, and country from 2001 to the most recent year.
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    • October 2021
      Source: World Bank
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      Accessed On: 18 August, 2022
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      Data cited at: The World Bank https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/ Topic:Wealth Accounting Publication: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/wealth-accounting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   The wealth accounting approach provides two related sets of information: comprehensive wealth accounts (a stock measure in total and per capita values), and adjusted net saving (a flow measure). The wealth accounts were updated in 2018, using a new methodology described in The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018.