ChinaandLaos

221 BCE · 1353

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

China

221 BCE — Qin Shi Huang completes the unification of China

Dossier →Chronicle →

Laos

1353 — Fa Ngum is crowned king of Lan Xang

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
42
Domains
9
Crossed events
1
Data through
2026-08-14

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Economy

CHNLAO
  • GDP
    $19.50 T2025$18 B2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $13,8622025$2,3252025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    5.0%20254.5%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    0.1%20257.7%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    38.0%202575.1%2016
    Observed 2025 / 2016 · figures compared, never graded

Society

CHNLAO
  • Population
    1.41 bn20257.9 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    78.0 yrs202469.2 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    66.3%202540.3%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    1.020242.42024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

CHNLAO

Health

CHNLAO
  • Health spending
    5.9%20231.3%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    3.1120220.332022
    Observed 2022 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    5.7202429.42024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    95.0%202469.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    —35.2%2024
    Observed — / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Education

CHNLAO
  • Adult literacy
    96.7%202075.6%2023
    Observed 2020 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Education spending
    3.9%20231.2%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Primary enrolment
    99.6%202493.1%2025
    Observed 2024 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Secondary enrolment
    92.3%201250.5%2025
    Observed 2012 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Tertiary enrolment
    76.9%202414.9%2023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded

Technology

CHNLAO
  • R&D spending
    2.6%20230.0%2002
    Observed 2023 / 2002 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    2,1072023162002
    Observed 2023 / 2002 · figures compared, never graded
  • Internet users
    91.6%202565.6%2024
    Observed 2025 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    1322024652023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    26.3%20247.4%2023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

CHNLAO
  • Land area
    9,388,210 km²2023230,800 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    24.0%202371.5%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    55.4%20239.9%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    9.320243.42024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    15.2%202149.2%2022
    Observed 2021 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

CHNLAO
  • Resource rents
    1.7%20215.4%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    0.3%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    0.5%20213.9%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    0.1%20211.5%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    100.0%202496.5%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Copper (mined)
    1.8 Mt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Iron ore
    290 Mt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Gold (mined)
    380 t2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Lithium (mined)
    62.0 kt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Cobalt (mined)
    2,000 t2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Nickel (mined)
    120 kt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Rare earths
    270 kt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Bauxite
    87 Mt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Zinc (mined)
    4.1 Mt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Phosphate rock
    110 Mt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded

Military

CHNLAO
  • Military burden
    1.7%20240.2%2013
    Observed 2024 / 2013 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $314 B2024$23 M2013
    Observed 2024 / 2013 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    2.5 m2020129,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

One event in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. December 2021

    Laos-China Railway opens

    The 1,000-km railway linking Vientiane to Kunming begins operating, aiming to turn landlocked Laos into a land-linked hub of regional trade while deepening its debt to China.

    Economy & Trade · from the Laos chronicle · The Lao People's Democratic Republic · REFS 1 — Lao PDR Overview