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Lao People's Democratic Republic: Commitments, official creditors

228.42Mcurrent USD · 2025-75.5% since 2015

Commitments are the amount of long-term loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified. Debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Lao People's Democratic Republic from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025228,417,210.9
2024303,300,000
2023212,235,000
2022205,963,716.6
2021137,077,287.9
20201,105,808,542.4
2019443,960,993.8
2018450,802,795.5
2017799,346,127
20162,998,754,404
2015933,233,402.7
2014721,799,332.3
20131,203,602,335.4
20121,079,937,971.3
2011202,385,958.8
20101,358,963,712.1
2009342,372,575.9
200888,541,284.3
2007219,823,316
2006111,427,567.8
2005215,574,960.6
2004123,999,425.4
2003195,355,000
2002127,035,194.8
2001198,280,217.4
200068,490,000
199914,244,710.2
1998133,263,047.7
1997139,252,360.1
1996172,979,618.7
1995110,201,031
1994177,765,009.4
199384,123,000
199263,817,000
1991213,495,904.7
1990125,014,821.8
1989152,608,405
1988118,557,551.5
1987132,940,445
1986195,512,795
198569,701,462.5
198479,155,431
198377,422,607.3
198288,571,838.8
198182,003,430
198095,842,500
1979146,036,035
1978101,912,500
197777,525,148.6
197696,386,396.6
19757,111,705
197430,200,457.9
19739,214,979.8
19728,341,454.1
19719,108,695
197010,613,461.5

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