Laos recorded a Current Account surplus of 1.20 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2023. Current Account to GDP in Laos averaged -8.66 percent of GDP from 1980 until 2023, reaching an all time high of 2.28 percent of GDP in 2021 and a record low of -26.90 percent of GDP in 2009. source: Bank of the Lao PDR
Current Account to GDP in Laos is expected to reach 1.00 percent of GDP by the end of 2025, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Laos Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around 0.90 percent of GDP in 2026 and 0.80 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.