Lao PDR - Current account balance

Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Current account balance (BoP, current US$) in Lao PDR was ($115,229,600) as of 2020. Over the past 36 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $139,406,200 in 2007 and ($2,267,609,000) in 2015.

Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1984 ($121,500,000)
1985 ($114,000,000)
1986 ($111,100,000)
1987 ($138,100,000)
1988 ($77,700,000)
1989 ($81,300,000)
1990 ($54,900,000)
1991 ($29,600,000)
1992 ($48,400,000)
1993 ($35,700,000)
1994 ($160,300,000)
1995 ($236,700,000)
1996 ($265,100,000)
1997 ($206,000,000)
1998 ($76,500,000)
1999 $89,700,000
2000 ($8,470,000)
2001 ($67,328,450)
2002 $8,271,369
2003 ($29,706,050)
2004 ($178,237,000)
2005 ($173,786,600)
2006 $75,308,540
2007 $139,406,200
2008 $77,543,820
2009 ($60,905,620)
2010 $29,309,200
2011 ($206,325,900)
2012 ($745,403,300)
2013 ($936,002,600)
2014 ($1,924,464,000)
2015 ($2,267,609,000)
2016 ($1,384,744,000)
2017 ($1,259,801,000)
2018 ($1,648,937,000)
2019 ($1,319,569,000)
2020 ($115,229,600)

Current account balance (% of GDP)

Current account balance (% of GDP) in Lao PDR was -0.60 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 6.17 in 1999, while its lowest value was -15.72 in 2015.

Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1984 -6.91
1985 -4.82
1986 -6.25
1987 -12.70
1988 -12.97
1989 -11.39
1990 -6.34
1991 -2.88
1992 -4.29
1993 -2.69
1994 -10.38
1995 -13.42
1996 -14.15
1997 -11.79
1998 -5.98
1999 6.17
2000 -0.49
2001 -3.81
2002 0.47
2003 -1.47
2004 -7.53
2005 -6.35
2006 2.18
2007 3.30
2008 1.42
2009 -1.04
2010 0.41
2011 -2.36
2012 -7.31
2013 -7.81
2014 -14.49
2015 -15.72
2016 -8.70
2017 -7.38
2018 -9.09
2019 -6.98
2020 -0.60

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments