Financial Sector in Laos 269 indicators covering financial sector for Laos. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Use of IMF Credit and Loans, SDR 0 2025 — 87th Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar 18.11 million 2025 up 67,023.7% 117th Reserve position in the IMF, SDR 13.23 million 2025 up 67,819.1% 117th Reserve tranche position, US dollar 18.11 million 2025 up 67,023.7% 117th Reserve tranche position, SDR 13.23 million 2025 up 67,819.1% 117th Remittance inflows to GDP 1.2% 2020 up 108.8% 121st Lending interest rate 22.6% 2010 down 29.3% 11th Real interest rate 12.3% 2010 up 112.9% 17th Capital Accounts (Depository Corporations Survey, Domestic currency) 19.49 million units per square kilometre 2010 up 409.9% 22nd Does the Law Grant Spouses Equal Administrative Authority Over Assets 1 2023 unchanged 1st Do Sons and Daughters Have Equal Rights to Inherit Assets From Their 1 2023 unchanged 1st Do Male and Female Surviving Spouses Have Equal Rights to Inherit 1 2023 unchanged 1st Does the Law Provide For the Valuation of Nonmonetary Contributions? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Assets Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Open a Bank Account in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Does the Law Prohibit Discrimination in Access to Credit Based on 1 2023 unchanged 1st Commercial bank branches 3.02 per 100,000 adults 2024 up 6.6% 166th External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the 3.1% 2010 down 73.6% 152nd Automated teller machines (ATMs) 28.3 per 100,000 adults 2024 up 45.4% 122nd External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors 25.2% 2010 down 30.9% 88th External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the banking 22.0% 2010 down 10.3% 54th Reserve assets, Assets, Adjusted using IMF accounting records 425.62 million 2024 up 166.6% 69th Net errors and omissions, Net (credits less debits), Adjusted using -225.94 million 2024 down 287.2% 131st Primary income balance (credit less debit), Net (credits less debits) -1.05 billion 2024 down 601.9% 111th Secondary income balance (credit less debit), Net (credits less) 390.44 million 2024 up 26.0% 96th Services balance (credit less debit), Net (credits less debits) 464.80 million 2024 up 220.5% 81st Total current account credit/revenue, Credit/Revenue 11.79 billion 2024 up 160.9% 118th Current account balance (credit less debit), Net (credits less debits) 531.37 million 2024 up 127.6% 63rd Goods balance (credit less debit), Net (credits less debits) 723.26 million 2024 up 142.6% 58th Goods, Credit/Revenue 9.39 billion 2024 up 186.5% 100th Primary income, Credit/Revenue 115.32 million 2024 down 5.8% 150th Services, Credit/Revenue 1.73 billion 2024 up 126.5% 116th Other investment, Net acquisition of financial assets, Assets 750.27 million 2024 up 108.8% 82nd Secondary income, Credit/Revenue 559.66 million 2024 up 56.6% 141st Capital account balance (credit less debit), Net (credits less debits) 1.64 million 2024 down 96.8% 128th Total capital account credit/revenue, Credit/Revenue 1.64 million 2024 down 96.8% 163rd Portfolio investment, Net acquisition of financial assets, Assets -36.99 million 2024 down 511.4% 180th Direct investment, Net acquisition of financial assets, Assets 0 2024 down 100.0% 145th Deposit money bank assets to deposit money bank assets and central 76.5% 2010 up 12.4% 138th Inward Direct investment, Assets (gross), All financial instruments 12.05 million 2024 down 29.1% 130th Outward Direct investment, Assets (gross), All financial instruments 1.04 million 2024 — 167th Domestic Claims, Claims on Public Non-financial Corporations 3.96 trillion 2010 up 515.5% 5th Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP 0.4% 2019 up 37.3% 136th Loans from nonresident banks (amounts outstanding) to GDP 13.9% 2021 up 808.1% 89th Life insurance premium volume to GDP 0.0% 2019 up 236.9% 147th Bank concentration 63.1% 2021 down 33.4% 117th Bank Z-score 19.48 2021 up 131.1% 54th Liquid assets to deposits and short term funding 22.7% 2021 down 24.2% 139th Bank noninterest income to total income 55.5% 2021 up 144.4% 24th Bank cost to income ratio 74.7% 2021 up 5.3% 15th Bank return on assets 0.3% 2021 down 76.3% 157th Bank return on assets 0.2% 2021 down 75.8% 158th Bank return on equity 3.7% 2021 down 79.8% 159th Bank return on equity 2.9% 2021 down 79.4% 158th Bank overhead costs to total assets 1.0% 2021 down 69.6% 148th Bank net interest margin 0.8% 2021 down 84.8% 162nd Rate 0.03 2024 up 50.0% 65th International migrant stock, total 51,446 2024 up 13.0% 157th International migrant stock 0.7% 2024 unchanged 183rd Borrowers from commercial banks 21.07 per 1,000 adults 2024 down 47.2% 102nd ← Previous Page 4 of 5 Next →