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Lao PDR
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)

General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Global rank#14out of 189 countries
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Historical trend

12495.767.338.910.4198420052025Lao PDR · 2025: 124.13%Lao PDR

Analytical takeaways

  • Lao PDR records 124.13% for Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in 2025, ranking #14 globally out of 189 countries.
  • Merchandise trade (% of GDP) increased from 11.72% in 1984 to 124.13% in 2025, a gain of 112.40%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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