Military Spending / Laos
Laos Military Spending
Laos military spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 0.19%.
COUNTRY: Laos
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-08-31 05:08:12
GM ECONOMY RATING
Laos · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
53 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
3.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
16.0 / 20
External stability
8.0 / 15
Financial robustness
n/a
Structural stability
10.0 / 15
Future capacity
8.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
3.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 86% of weighted inputs available.
Time range:
Selected year: · Value:
Laos · military spending data as percent of GDP.
Latest
0.19%
Previous
0.20%
Range avg.
0.28%
Rank
96
Countries by military spending
full rankingGM ECONOMY
Data Navigator
Countries, indicators and comparisons
CountryLaos
IndicatorMilitary Spending
0.19%2013 · Rank 96
Chart range
All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Laos recorded 0.19% for Military Spending in 2013, the latest available observation in this dataset.
The value decreased from 0.20% in 2012; the absolute change was 0.01 percentage points.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (0.28%).
Within the last 10 available observations, the range runs from 0.19% in 2013 to 0.43% in 2004.
Comparison
Related indicators
Government DebtGC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Government SpendingNE.CON.GOVT.ZS
Government ExpenseGC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Government RevenueGC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Tax RevenueGC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal BalanceGC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS