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200 III. Country Profiles<br />

LAO PDR<br />

Key Scores and Trends<br />

Rank<br />

Score<br />

2013 2011 Change 2013 2011 Change<br />

Overall 131/140 126/140 -5 22/100 23/100 -1<br />

Depth 109/140 107/140 -2 14/50 15/50 -1<br />

Breadth 123/140 120/140 -3 8/50 9/50 -1<br />

Trade Pillar 136/140 135/140 -1 22/100 24/100 -2<br />

LAO<br />

Capital Pillar · · · · · ·<br />

Information Pillar 68/102 66/102 -2 48/100 46/100 2<br />

People Pillar 71/109 67/109 -4 44/100 45/100 -1<br />

<strong>Connectedness</strong> Score Trend<br />

30<br />

25<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013<br />

Rooted Map<br />

Rooted Map:<br />

Lao’s Lao Merchandise P.D.R.’s Merchandise Exports, Exports, 2013 2013<br />

Top Export Destinations<br />

1. Thailand (38%)<br />

2. China (29%)<br />

3. Vietnam (13%)<br />

4. India (3%)<br />

5. Japan (3%)<br />

7<br />

9<br />

6<br />

10<br />

LAO<br />

5<br />

P.D.R. 3<br />

4<br />

Lao P.D.R.’s Share of Partners’ Imports<br />

0.3% 0.1% 0.03% 0.02% 0.01% 0.005% unknown<br />

1<br />

6. Germany (3%)<br />

7. U.K. (2%)<br />

8. Australia (2%)<br />

9. Netherlands (1%)<br />

10. Belgium (1%)<br />

2<br />

Major Export Products<br />

Wood products, coffee,<br />

electricity, tin, copper,<br />

gold, cassava<br />

8<br />

Depth<br />

Rank<br />

Level<br />

Outward Inward Outward Inward<br />

Trade 94/140 –<br />

Merchandise Trade (% of GDP) 74/140 87/140 26% 29%<br />

Services Trade (% of GDP) 82/140 125/140 6% 4%<br />

Capital · –<br />

FDI Stock (% of GDP) 131/131 93/140 0% 28%<br />

FDI Flows (% of GFCF) 123/133 86/140 0% 10%<br />

Portfolio Equity Stock (% of Mkt Cap) · · · ·<br />

Portfolio Equity Flows (% of Mkt Cap) · · · ·<br />

Information 92/140 –<br />

Internet Bandwidth<br />

96/140 10,636<br />

(Bits per Second per Internet User)<br />

International Phone Calls<br />

(Minutes per Capita)<br />

Printed Publications Trade<br />

(USD per Capita)<br />

87/140 92/140 35 90<br />

· · · ·<br />

People 74/118 –<br />

Migrants (% of Population) 17/139 131/140 19% 0%<br />

Tourists (Dep./Arr. per Capita) · 67/131 · 0.3<br />

International Students (% of Tertiary<br />

Education Enrollment)<br />

72/128 86/112 3% 1%<br />

Breadth<br />

Rank<br />

% Same Region<br />

Outward Inward Outward Inward<br />

Trade 131/140 –<br />

Merchandise Trade 118/139 137/140 86% 96%<br />

Capital · –<br />

LAO<br />

FDI Stock · · · ·<br />

FDI Flows · · · ·<br />

Portfolio Equity Stock · – · –<br />

Information 59/102 –<br />

30<br />

International Phone Calls<br />

25<br />

Printed 20 Publications Trade<br />

58/100<br />

·<br />

47/91<br />

·<br />

86%<br />

·<br />

61%<br />

·<br />

15<br />

10<br />

People 2005 2006 2007 200871/126 2009 2010 2011 – 2012 2013<br />

Migrants 97/139 98/130 73% 100%<br />

Tourists – · – ·<br />

International Students – 44/96 – 96%<br />

Directionality<br />

Overall<br />

Depth<br />

Breadth<br />

-100 -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100<br />

Balance Inward Outward<br />

Structural and Policy Drivers of Depth of <strong>Connectedness</strong><br />

Structural Factors<br />

General Policies / Environment<br />

Rank Level<br />

Rank Level<br />

GDP per Capita (+) 113/140 $1,646 Operating Environment (+) 71/129 4.2<br />

Linguistic Commonality (+) 98/140 0% Infrastructure (+) 113/129 2.9<br />

Remoteness (-) 70/140 5.4 Press Freedom (+) 132/137 21<br />

Population (-) 90/140 6.8 Labor Freedom (+) 91/140 55<br />

Landlocked (-) – Yes Financial Freedom (+) 130/140 20<br />

<strong>Global</strong>ization Policies<br />

Rank Level<br />

Enabling Trade <strong>Index</strong> (+) 98/129 3.6<br />

Tariffs (Wtd. Mean Applied) (-) 9/138 13.2<br />

Capital Account Openness (+) 92/135 0.2<br />

Visa-Free Travel Outward (+) 119/139 48<br />

Visa-Free Travel Inward (+) · ·<br />

– Not Applicable · Data Not Available (+) Positive Impact (-) Negative Impact

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