Laos vs Myanmar (Burma)
Laos vs Myanmar (Burma): GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $2,807 in Laos and $1,128 in Myanmar (Burma), by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Laos, by $1,679, or 2.49 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Laos has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1984.
- In 2025, Laos ranked 131 and Myanmar (Burma) ranked 164 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Laos | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,807 | $1,128 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $2,721 | $1,158 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $2,649 | $1,178 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $2,589 | $1,175 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $2,557 | $1,137 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $2,530 | $1,301 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $2,555 | $1,441 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $2,460 | $1,362 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $2,352 | $1,291 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $2,235 | $1,225 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $2,121 | $1,167 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $2,006 | $1,099 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $1,890 | $1,025 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $1,775 | $953 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $1,666 | $896 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $1,565 | $855 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $1,463 | $786 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $1,382 | $715 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $1,301 | $652 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $1,228 | $586 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $1,149 | $522 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $1,089 | $463 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $1,039 | $412 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $995 | $365 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $954 | $329 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $917 | $299 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $882 | $266 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $836 | $242 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $819 | $232 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $783 | $222 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $749 | $211 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $718 | $200 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $681 | $189 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $661 | $180 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $643 | $167 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $635 | $170 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $612 | $168 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $551 | $165 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $579 | $189 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $604 | $200 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $593 | $206 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $580 | $205 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | – | $199 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | – | $194 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | – | $187 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | – | $180 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | – | $170 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | – | $164 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | – | $157 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | – | $151 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | – | $146 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | – | $142 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | – | $138 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | – | $142 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | – | $142 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | – | $139 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | – | $136 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | – | $134 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | – | $123 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | – | $133 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | – | $143 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | – | $133 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | – | $144 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | – | $130 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | – | $128 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | – | $130 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Laos vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyLaos: 69 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLaos: 2.9 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLaos: 31.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterLaos: 17.9% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionLaos: 2.91% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateLaos: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLaos: 7.67 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthLaos: 1.38% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLaos: 2.42 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLaos: 40.3% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageLaos: 24.3 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLaos: 4.5% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateLaos: -1.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLaos: 0.19% of GDP in 2013Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsLaos: $21.8M in 2013Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personLaos: $3 in 2013Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingLaos: 0.8% of government spending in 2013Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelLaos: 129,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerLaos: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLaos: 4.08% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLaos: 7 million TIV in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025