Laos — Government consumption (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1970–2024 · 55 observations
About this series
Government final consumption expenditure is government spending on goods and services used to meet individual or collective needs, such as health, education, public order and defence. It is part of GDP and does not represent all government expenditure. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
In Laos, the government consumption reading was 8.68% of GDP in 2024, compared with 10.1% of GDP in 2023. The period change was −1.42 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of 13% of GDP.
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Latest observations
2014–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.68 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 10.1 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 11.8 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 13.1 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 13.3 % of GDP |
6 earlier values, back to 2014
| 2019 | 13.4 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 13.8 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 14.5 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 15.3 % of GDP |
| 2015 | 16.2 % of GDP |
| 2014 | 15.2 % of GDP |