Government Expense / Laos
Laos Government Expense
Laos government expense data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 10.32%.
COUNTRY: Laos
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-22 04:00:10
GM ECONOMY RATING
Laos · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
54 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
3.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
16.0 / 20
External stability
10.0 / 15
Financial robustness
5.0 / 15
Structural stability
10.0 / 15
Future capacity
8.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
4.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Laos · government expense data as percent of GDP.
Latest
10.32%
Previous
10.76%
Range avg.
13.07%
Rank
96
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CountryLaos
IndicatorGovernment Expense
10.32%2022 · Rank 96
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Laos recorded 10.32% for Government Expense in 2022, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2021, the indicator decreased by 0.45 percentage points, from 10.76% to 10.32%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (13.07%).
Across the five latest available observations (2018–2022), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 10.32% in 2022 and the high was 16.81% in 2013.
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