Botswana vs Laos: GDP

Botswana
19.93 billion current US$
in 2025
Laos
18.30 billion current US$
in 2025
Botswana rank
136th
Laos rank
139th

GDP over time

  • Botswana
  • Laos
05.0B10.0B15.0B20.0B196019922025

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 19.93 billion current US$ against 18.30 billion current US$ in Laos, a difference of 1.63 billion current US$.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Laos's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Laos ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 136th and Laos ranks 139th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
GDP (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 14,741 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.