Lao PDR
General information
Capital: Vientiane
Currency unit: Kip
Area: 236,800 km²
Total population: 7,769,820
GDP (millions of US dollars): 16,503
GDP per capita, PPP (current international US dollars): 9,776
Production
Agriculture (% of GDP): 24.4 %
Manufacture (% of GDP): 12.4 %
Industry excluding manufacture (% of GDP): 22.9 %
Services (% of GDP): 40.2 %
Trade
Total exports (millions of US dollars): 11,118
Total imports (millions of US dollars): 9,930
Main exported goods (% of total exports):
Electric current (22.0 %)
Fertilizers (7.9 %)
Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) (6.8 %)
Vegetables (4.6 %)
Copper ores and concentrates; copper mattes, cemen (4.6 %)