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GDP
$15.7BCURRENT US$
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2012-2022
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GDP GROWTH
54.3%CURRENT US$
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$8.13BCURRENT US$
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0%CURRENT US$
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GDP PC 
$2,088CURRENT US$
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GDP PC GROWTH
33.4%CURRENT US$
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$462CURRENT US$
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0%CURRENT US$
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In N/A, Laos did not export any services to Somalia.

Somalia-Laos In N/A, Somalia did not export any products to Laos.

In N/A, Somalia did not export any services to Laos.

Comparison In 2022,  Laos ranked 100 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.79),  and 106 in total exports ($9.36B). That same year, Somalia ranked 167 in total exports ($569M), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

Laos does not register exports to Somalia.

Somalia does not register exports to Laos.

Exports from Laos (Flag) to Somalia (Flag) (2019)

Exports from Somalia (Flag) to Laos (Flag) (2019)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Laos
Top Destination
Thailand$3.29B
Somalia
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$283M

This map shows whether countries import more from Laos or Somalia. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Laos and Somalia or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Laos than Somalia included Thailand ($3.29B), China ($2.73B), and Vietnam ($978M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Somalia than Laos included United Arab Emirates ($283M), Oman ($173M), and Bulgaria ($18.5M).

Difference in imports from Somalia (Flag) and Laos (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Laos - Somalia

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Laos and Somalia by product, considering products traded by both, Laos and Somalia.

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Top Product Potential Laos Somalia+$2.05kTelephones
Top Product Potential Somalia Laos+$2.78kGold

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Laos and Somalia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Laos indicates it has a comparative advantage over Somalia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Somalia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Laos.

Product Space of Laos (Flag) and Somalia (Flag) (2019)

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