Current account balance in US dollars — all countries

Current account balance in US dollars — Laos

Current account balance in US dollars in Laos in 2031 — -0.15 bn US$. Ranked 83 in the world out of 187. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 251.2%.

2031 -0.15 bn US$ −978.57% vs 2030
World rank 83of 187
Period maximum 2.03 bn US$2025
Period minimum -2.27 bn US$2015

Trend over time

1980–2031 · billion US$

Current account balance in US dollars — Laos, 1980–2031-4-202419801986199219982004201020162022202820311980: -0.04 bn US$1981: -0.06 bn US$1982: -0.05 bn US$1983: -0.07 bn US$1984: -0.06 bn US$1985: -0.06 bn US$1986: -0.06 bn US$1987: -0.08 bn US$1988: -0.08 bn US$1989: -0.12 bn US$1990: -0.08 bn US$1991: -0.03 bn US$1992: -0.04 bn US$1993: -0.04 bn US$1994: -0.11 bn US$1995: -0.12 bn US$1996: -0.23 bn US$1997: -0.2 bn US$1998: -0.08 bn US$1999: -0.1 bn US$2000: 0.03 bn US$2001: -0.22 bn US$2002: -0.17 bn US$2003: -0.26 bn US$2004: -0.37 bn US$2005: -0.48 bn US$2006: -0.36 bn US$2007: -0.49 bn US$2008: -0.93 bn US$2009: -1.14 bn US$2010: -1.24 bn US$2011: -1.37 bn US$2012: -0.75 bn US$2013: -0.94 bn US$2014: -1.92 bn US$2015: -2.27 bn US$2016: -1.39 bn US$2017: -1.26 bn US$2018: -1.65 bn US$2019: -1.32 bn US$2020: -0.3 bn US$2021: 0.43 bn US$2022: -0.46 bn US$2023: 0.41 bn US$2024: 0.69 bn US$2025: 2.03 bn US$2026: 0.03 bn US$2027: 0.18 bn US$2028: 0.29 bn US$2029: 0.14 bn US$2030: -0.01 bn US$2031: -0.15 bn US$
Change over the period: −0.11 (−251.16%)

Comparison, 2031

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Laos

Laos -0.15 bn US$
World computed 458.47 bn US$
East Asia & Pacific computed 1,453.28 bn US$
South-Eastern Asia computed 125.27 bn US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed -237.58 bn US$
Current account balance in US dollars — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year bn US$ Change Change, %
2031 -0.15 −0.14 −978.57%
2030 -0.01 −0.15 −110%
2029 0.14 −0.15 −51.56%
2028 0.29 +0.11 +60.56%
2027 0.18 +0.15 +480.65%
2026 0.03 −2 −98.47%
2025 2.03 +1.34 +195.77%
2024 0.69 +0.28 +69.14%
2023 0.41 +0.86 +188.24%
2022 -0.46 −0.89 −206.25%
2021 0.43 +0.74 +242.11%
2020 -0.3 +1.02 +76.97%
2019 -1.32 +0.33 +19.95%
2018 -1.65 −0.39 −30.87%
2017 -1.26 +0.13 +9.03%
2016 -1.39 +0.88 +38.93%
2015 -2.27 −0.34 −17.88%
2014 -1.92 −0.99 −105.12%
2013 -0.94 −0.19 −25.4%
2012 -0.75 +0.62 +45.32%
2011 -1.37 −0.13 −10.59%
2010 -1.24 −0.09 −8.22%
2009 -1.14 −0.22 −23.17%
2008 -0.93 −0.43 −87.85%
2007 -0.49 −0.13 −35.71%
2006 -0.36 +0.12 +24.48%
2005 -0.48 −0.11 −30.98%
2004 -0.37 −0.11 −40.46%
2003 -0.26 −0.09 −52.33%
2002 -0.17 +0.04 +20%
2001 -0.22 −0.24 −960%
2000 0.03 +0.12 +126.04%
1999 -0.1 −0.02 −26.32%
1998 -0.08 +0.13 +62.38%
1997 -0.2 +0.03 +13.3%
1996 -0.23 −0.11 −87.9%
1995 -0.12 −0.02 −16.98%
1994 -0.11 −0.06 −146.51%
1993 -0.04 −0 −4.88%
1992 -0.04 −0.02 −64%
1991 -0.03 +0.05 +67.95%
1990 -0.08 +0.04 +32.76%
1989 -0.12 −0.04 −46.84%
1988 -0.08 +0 +3.66%
1987 -0.08 −0.02 −28.13%
1986 -0.06 −0.01 −8.47%
1985 -0.06 −0 −3.51%
1984 -0.06 +0.01 +19.72%
1983 -0.07 −0.02 −39.22%
1982 -0.05 +0 +7.27%
1981 -0.06 −0.01 −27.91%
1980 -0.04

About the indicator

The current account balance in billions of US dollars: trade in goods and services, income from investment and labor, and current transfers, all together. A positive value means a country exports capital, a negative one that it imports it. By definition the sum over all countries of the world should be zero, but in practice it fails to balance by several hundred billion: the discrepancy comes from countries recording the same flows differently.

Important: The same indicator as a percent of GDP is available separately, and for comparing countries it suits better. The absolute value is needed to see the scale of the flows in the world economy.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.