Laos Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP

Key information about Laos Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP

• Laos Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) registered a growth equal to 11.9 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2023, compared with a growth equal to 4.7 % in the previous year.
• Laos Foreign Direct Investment: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1988 to Dec 2023.
• The data reached an all-time high of 11.9 % in Dec 2023 and a record low 0.3 % in Dec 2002.

CEIC calculates Foreign Direct Investment as % of Nominal GDP from annual Foreign Direct Investment and annual Nominal GDP. The Bank of the Lao PDR provides Foreign Direct Investment in USD based on BPM6. Lao Statistics Bureau provides Nominal GDP in local currency based on SNA 2008. The Bank of the Lao PDR average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Foreign Direct Investment as % of Nominal GDP prior to 2012 is calculated from Foreign Direct Investments based on BPM5 and Nominal GDP based on SNA 1993 Foreign Direct Investment as % of Nominal GDP prior to 2004 is calculated from Foreign Direct Investments and Nominal GDP, both sourced from the World Bank.


Related information about Laos Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Laos, Current Account recorded a deficit of 90.1 USD mn in Dec 2023.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 394.2 USD mn in Dec 2023.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment fell by 100.1 USD mn in Dec 2023.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 15.4 USD bn in Dec 2022.

View Laos's Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP from 1988 to 2023 in the chart:

What was Laos's Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP in 2023?

Laos Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) registered a growth equal to 11.9 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2023, compared with a growth equal to 4.7 % in the previous year. See the table below for more data.

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
11.9 2023	4.7 2022	0.3 2002	11.9 2023	%	yearly	1988 - 2023

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