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Agriculture > products
sweet potatoes, vegetables, corn, coffee, sugarcane, tobacco, cotton, tea, peanuts, rice, water buffalo, pigs, cattle, poultry |
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Aid as % of GDP
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16.4% |
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[16th of 129]
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Economic freedom
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0.6 |
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[155th of 156]
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Exchange rates
kips per US dollar - 10,820 (2004), 10,569 (2003), 10,056.3 (2002), 8,954.6 (2001), 7,887.6 (2000) |
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Exports > Goods and services
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36% |
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[83rd of 156]
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Exports to US
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$700,000.00 |
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[181st of 224]
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GDP > Composition by sector > Agriculture
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43.4 %
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[13th of 210]
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GDP > PPP
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$11,208,000,000.00 |
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[120th of 163]
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Imports > Goods and services
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48% |
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[60th of 156]
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Income distribution > Poorest 10%
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3.2% |
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[29th of 114]
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Income distribution > Poorest 20%
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7.6% |
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[33rd of 114]
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Income distribution > Richest 10%
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30.6% |
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[53rd of 114]
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Income distribution > Richest 20%
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45% |
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[60th of 114]
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Population under $1 a day
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26.3 |
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[25th of 59]
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Population under $2 a day
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73.2 |
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[18th of 59]
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Poverty > Share of all poor people
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0.13 % of world's poor |
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[37th of 80]
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Tourist arrivals
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193,000 |
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[102nd of 0]
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Trade balance with US
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$600,000.00 |
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[89th of 224]
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Trade with US > US exports of metalworking machine tools
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0 |
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[193rd of 197]
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Transnational corporations > Affiliates
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669 |
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[52nd of 162]
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; calculated on the basis of data on ODA from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Development Assistance Committee. 2002. DAC Online. Database. Paris.; and data on GDP from World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; The Heritage Foundation; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; US Census Bureau; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; World Bank 2002b via backone.pdf; Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; FTDWebMaster, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau; World Investment Report 2001, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Laos, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, lao people’s democratic republic, lao people's dem rep., lao people's dem. rep., lao people's dem., Lao PDR, Lao People's Dem. Rep.
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