Laos vs Nicaragua: GDP per capita

Laos

8,415 international-$ in 2021 prices

in 2023

Nicaragua

7,336 international-$ in 2021 prices

in 2023

Laos rank

133rd

Nicaragua rank

136th

GDP per capita over time

Laos
Nicaragua

How they compare

Laos currently reports 8,415 international-$ in 2021 prices against 7,336 international-$ in 2021 prices in Nicaragua, a difference of 1,078 international-$ in 2021 prices.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Globally, Laos ranks 133rd and Nicaragua ranks 136th of 184 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: GDP per capita
Unit: international-$ in 2021 prices
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 184 places, 10,907 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Average economic output per person in a country or region per year. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.