Lao People's Democratic Republic
Leads 1 of 14 metrics
vs
United States of America
Leads 13 of 14 metrics
49865×
United States of America has 49865× the
defense budget of Lao People's Democratic Republic
9037×
United States of America has 9037× the
gold reserves of Lao People's Democratic Republic
1430×
United States of America has 1430× the
GDP (nominal) of Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Tale of the tape
United States of America
7.53M
Population
USA
44×
335M
237K km²
Land Area
USA
42×
9.83M km²
$19.1B
GDP (nominal)
USA
1430×
$27.4T
$2,542
GDP per Capita
USA
32×
$81,695
68.9 yrs
Life Expectancy
USA
1.1×
78.9 yrs
0.607
HDI
USA
1.5×
0.921
84.7%
Literacy Rate
USA
1.2×
99.0%
62.0%
Internet Users
USA
1.5×
92.0%
29.1K
Active Military
USA
46×
1.35M
$0B
Defense Budget
USA
49865×
$997B
$5B
Exports
USA
605×
$3.19T
$7B
Imports
USA
616×
$4.10T
1 t
Gold Reserves
USA
9037×
8,134 t
28.5
Cost of Living Index
LAO
2.5×
lower
71.0
Bars are scaled to the larger value of each metric. The chip marks the leading country
(for cost of living, the lower index leads).
Lao People's Democratic Republic
United States of America
Vientiane
Capital
Washington, D.C.
Lao Kip (LAK)
Currency
United States Dollar (USD)
Lao
Language
English (de facto)
One-party socialist republic
Government
Federal presidential constitutional republic