Chile vs Laos: General government total expenditure (current LCU), per capita
Chile
4.50 million current LCU per person
in 2025
Laos
8.02 million current LCU per person
in 2025
Chile rank
11th
Laos rank
8th
General government total expenditure (current LCU), per capita over time
- Chile
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 8.02 million current LCU per person against 4.50 million current LCU per person in Chile, a difference of 3.52 million current LCU per person.
That makes Laos's figure about 1.8 times Chile's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Laos ahead.
Chile ranks 11th and Laos ranks 8th of 195 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 1 and Laos in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 current LCU per person | 0 current LCU per person | 0 current LCU per person | — |
| 1990s | 375,034 current LCU per person | 0 current LCU per person | 375,034 current LCU per person | Chile |
| 2000s | 895,644 current LCU per person | 908,247 current LCU per person | 12,602 current LCU per person | Laos |
| 2010s | 2.09 million current LCU per person | 3.64 million current LCU per person | 1.55 million current LCU per person | Laos |
| 2020s | 3.90 million current LCU per person | 5.53 million current LCU per person | 1.63 million current LCU per person | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher general government total expenditure (current lcu), per capita, Chile or Laos?
- Laos, at 8.02 million current LCU per person against 4.50 million current LCU per person in Chile as of 2025.
- What is the difference in general government total expenditure (current lcu), per capita between Chile and Laos?
- 3.52 million current LCU per person, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Laos?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.
- How do Chile and Laos rank globally for general government total expenditure (current lcu), per capita?
- Chile ranks 11th and Laos ranks 8th of 195 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as General government total expenditure (current LCU), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
General government total expenditure (current LCU) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.