LAO POPULATION Total population million; as of July Population density persons per square kilometer Population annual change, percent Urban population percent of total population LABOR FORCEa thousand; calendar year Unemployment rate percent Labor force annual change, percent NATIONAL ACCOUNTS billion Kips; calendar year At Current Prices GDP by industrial origin at current market prices Structure of Output percent of GDP at current producers' prices Agriculture Industry Services Growth of Output annual change, percent 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 5.19 5.30 5.40 5.51 5.62 5.75 5.87 6.00 6.12 6.26 6.38 6.51 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 26 27 28 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 23.1 24.2 25.2 26.3 27.4 28.6 29.7 30.9 32.0 33.1 34.2 2573 5.0 2622 5.0 2673 5.1 2777 1.4 3020 1.9 1.9 1.9 14854 17682 21287 25151 28947 35980 40467 46214 47562 55694 64727 72727 45.5 18.3 36.2 42.7 19.5 37.8 41.0 21.3 37.7 39.0 20.5 40.5 36.7 23.5 39.8 32.4 29.8 37.7 33.4 28.3 38.3 32.2 27.7 40.1 32.5 26.2 41.3 30.6 29.8 39.6 28.9 32.4 38.7 27.6 33.1 39.3 GDP 4.6 6.9 6.2 7.0 6.8 8.6 7.8 7.8 7.5 8.1 8.0 7.9 ENERGY annual values Coal thousand metric tons Production 210 270 250 300 320 319 682 379 466 502 512 510 Electricity million kilowatthours Production Exports Imports Consumption 3590 2223 3355 3602 2077 3679 3179 3225 4611 3348 3634 7128 3492 2337 7632 3606 3267 6432 3362 3705 3427 8622 12952 12802 7.7 6.7 9.9 10.7 9.6 11.4 15.5 15.2 13.3 10.4 10.4 10.4 7.2 7.7 7.8 6.8 9.4 14.4 4.5 8.1 4.3 7.5 11.2 6.0 0.0 2.3 -4.3 6.0 7.7 8.3 7.6 9.8 7.6 4.3 5.9 4.1 13.5 11.0 22.2 13.2 10.6 18.7 11.0 9.1 19.6 11.2 9.3 15.4 11.7 9.7 18.4 11.6 9.9 17.2 13.2 11.7 18.5 13.9 12.2 18.8 14.8 13.1 20.8 15.3 13.5 24.2 15.7 14.1 23.5 17.1 15.0 25.0 -4.5 -3.4 -5.7 -2.6 -4.5 -3.1 -2.6 -2.2 -3.3 -2.2 -1.8 -1.4 Price Indexes annual change, percent Consumer price index Food price index Implicit GDP deflator Government Finance percent of GDP at current market prices Total revenue Taxes Total expenditure Overall budgetary surplus/deficit EXTERNAL TRADE million US Dollars; calendar year Exports, fob Imports, cif Trade balance 320 510 -191 301 447 -146 336 462 -127 363 713 -349 553 882 -329 882 1060 -178 923 1065 -142 1092 1403 -311 1053 1461 -408 1746 2060 -314 2190 2404 -215 2269 2467 -198 Direction of Trade million US Dollars; calendar year Exports, total Thailand China, People's Rep of Viet Nam United Kingdom Germany United States Japan Korea, Rep of India 10 France 375.7 81.0 6.8 61.8 9.3 25.5 3.6 6.3 0.4 – 33.7 386.1 85.0 8.8 56.9 13.4 22.0 2.6 6.1 0.1 0.1 33.8 437.5 94.3 10.2 55.2 14.1 23.6 4.0 6.7 0.1 0.1 33.6 535.3 104.3 11.5 67.5 26.8 28.7 3.4 7.3 1.3 0.1 43.4 726.6 204.4 23.2 88.6 38.5 31.6 4.1 7.3 1.9 0.1 41.9 1226.7 475.5 45.1 151.5 50.1 34.6 8.5 11.3 16.1 0.3 29.1 1323.9 431.5 77.3 192.1 42.3 43.0 19.1 10.9 63.9 0.2 27.2 1600.7 560.8 135.9 253.4 54.5 42.0 40.4 16.4 48.2 0.5 23.0 1521.0 423.7 306.0 225.9 62.3 48.0 41.7 24.4 15.9 0.2 12.8 2195.9 689.7 510.9 265.2 69.9 53.1 56.3 34.2 18.2 18.2 15.7 3120.0 1029.1 729.0 418.2 95.1 72.9 54.8 88.3 3.9 61.0 17.1 3444.0 1131.1 713.7 480.9 95.5 67.4 23.4 112.8 10.3 127.9 12.8 Imports, total Thailand China, People's Rep of Viet Nam Korea, Rep of Japan France Singapore Hong Kong, China Germany 10 Belgium 717.8 451.7 59.9 70.7 6.9 13.0 8.5 28.9 10.1 7.4 3.0 722.2 444.0 59.7 71.2 4.9 19.6 8.9 29.1 6.1 4.1 2.8 809.0 501.5 108.1 57.0 8.7 15.0 11.8 22.4 8.1 7.5 3.3 1057.6 639.5 110.6 75.2 9.9 15.4 10.5 42.3 8.0 28.0 11.2 1270.3 846.2 115.9 76.1 15.3 21.3 13.5 44.1 8.3 11.3 12.4 1652.6 1125.4 185.6 104.5 25.7 22.6 11.2 45.2 15.5 12.0 7.1 2107.0 1442.1 195.2 120.7 61.2 41.7 12.6 43.0 14.7 34.8 10.2 2836.8 1932.7 295.0 176.3 58.5 69.1 20.1 28.1 23.4 25.1 14.7 2892.5 1800.5 413.9 186.2 61.3 83.5 62.7 40.4 18.5 18.1 30.5 3574.5 2348.4 524.1 218.3 123.5 68.3 15.7 25.3 30.0 21.4 20.4 4635.2 3011.4 519.3 301.5 169.9 85.9 146.7 38.2 32.4 38.8 34.2 6244.4 3946.4 1027.7 346.7 181.5 151.1 19.4 33.1 27.5 158.4 37.5 BALANCE OF PAYMENTS million US Dollars; calendar year Current account Capital account Financial account Net errors and omissions Overall balance Reserves and related items -69.4 130.5 -68.6 -7.5 7.5 3.3 68.9 -9.7 62.5 -62.5 -43.4 118.6 -55.7 19.5 -19.5 -189.3 94.1 107.2 12.0 -12.0 -192.5 154.4 48.8 10.7 -10.7 41.3 229.9 -173.9 97.3 -97.3 76.2 399.9 -283.0 193.1 -193.1 91.3 419.6 -410.3 100.6 -100.6 -60.9 644.4 -587.2 -3.7 3.7 29.3 401.9 -327.7 103.5 -103.5 158.2 639.7 -854.9 -57.0 57.0 208.8 622.1 -769.9 60.9 -60.9 INTERNATIONAL RESERVES million US Dollars; as of end of period Total Gold, national valuation Foreign exchange Reserve position in the Fund SDRs 133.5 2.5 127.5 194.1 2.5 185.5 212.7 4.1 189.5 227.3 4.1 207.9 239.4 5.1 220.2 335.8 7.4 313.7 539.9 7.4 517.1 638.7 10.0 613.6 618.6 10.0 528.5 713.3 10.0 624.7 757.2 16.0 662.8 – 3.4 – 6.1 – 19.1 0.0 15.4 0.0 14.1 – 14.7 – 15.5 – 15.1 – 80.1 – 78.7 – 78.4 – 78.5 9490 8955 10680 10056 10467 10569 10377 10585 10743 10655 9696 10160 9346 9603 8478 8744 8484 8516 8059 8259 8023 8030 7997 8007 147.4 181.1 122.4 115.9 109.1 107.1 113.0 100.0 101.2 84.2 80.3 98.0 97.9 97.5 98.0 96.6 95.9 94.7 96.1 94.9 98.1 97.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 – 1.9 2.9 4.4 3.2 3.5 0.3 1.0 8.9 19.6 21.9 22.7 17.4 16.2 15.3 13.6 14.8 13.2 EXCHANGE RATES per US Dollar End of period Average of period Kips External debt percent of GNI Total long-term debt percent of total debt Short-term debt percent of total debt Debt service percent of exports of goods and services