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Lao PDR Military Spending

Lao PDR military spending: latest available value for 2013, historical series from 1992, ranking context and source documentation.

Outdated The newest observation is from 2013 and exceeds the maximum data age. Excluded from the Economy sitemap

Series overview

MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS

COUNTRY: Lao PDRINDICATOR: MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZSUNIT: percent of GDPSOURCE: World Bank Indicators APISOURCE KEY: worldbankDATA UPDATED: 2026-07-13 02:00:00FETCHED: 2026-09-28 19:07:39REVISIONS: 12ORIGINAL API RESPONSE

0,19Latest / 2013

-0,01Change from previous

2,14Series average

162Global rank / 164

Lao PDR / Military Spending Unit: Percent of GDP (%)

Selected year: 20130,19%

199220132013

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Year	Value	Change
2013	0,19	-0,01
2012	0,20	-0,01
2011	0,21	0,01
2010	0,20	-0,01
2009	0,22	-0,06
2008	0,27	-0,04
2007	0,31	-0,03
2006	0,34	-0,05
2005	0,39	-0,04
2004	0,43	-0,06
2003	0,49	-0,09
2002	0,58	-0,13
2001	0,72	-0,07
2000	0,79	-0,27
1999	1,06	-1,54
1998	2,59	-1,24
1997	3,84	-0,35
1996	4,19	-1,65
1995	5,83	-1,69
1994	7,52	-0,59
1993	8,11	-0,57
1992	8,68	—

Source methodology

World Development Indicators

Indicator note: Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product

Source organization: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://www.sipri.org/databases

Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 05:39:08. Open original metadata response.

Revision history

12 detected changes

Source revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.

Detected	Data year	Previous value	Replacement value	Source	Source update
2026-09-28 17:07:39	2008	0,27	0,27	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-28 17:07:39	2009	0,22	0,22	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-28 17:07:39	2010	0,20	0,20	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-28 17:07:39	2011	0,21	0,21	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-28 17:07:39	2012	0,20	0,20	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-09-28 17:07:39	2013	0,19	0,19	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-08 06:42:15	2008	0,27	0,27	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-08 06:42:15	2009	0,22	0,22	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-08 06:42:15	2010	0,20	0,20	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-08 06:42:15	2011	0,21	0,21	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-08 06:42:15	2012	0,20	0,20	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00
2026-08-08 06:42:15	2013	0,19	0,19	World Bank Indicators API	2026-07-13 02:00:00

Country-specific interpretation

Automatically derived from the displayed series

Lao PDR recorded 0,19 percent of GDP in 2013, the latest year available in this series.

Compared with 2012, the military spending decreased by 0,01.

Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.

Across 22 observations from 1992 to 2013, the average was 2,14; the minimum was 0,19 in 2013 and the maximum was 8,68 in 1992.

Lao PDR ranks 162 out of 164 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.

The latest value is below the available average for East Asia & Pacific.

It is also below the available average for the Lower middle income group.

Defense burden and spending priorities.

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