Laos vs Somalia: GDP per capita

Laos
47.53 million current LCU
in 2025
Somalia
19.90 million current LCU
in 2025
Laos rank
8th
Somalia rank
11th

GDP per capita over time

  • Laos
  • Somalia
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How they compare

Laos currently reports 47.53 million current LCU against 19.90 million current LCU in Somalia, a difference of 27.62 million current LCU.

That makes Laos's figure about 2.4 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Laos ahead.

Globally, Laos ranks 8th and Somalia ranks 11th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
GDP per capita (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
213 places, 11,862 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. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.