CambodiaandLaos

802 · 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.

Cambodia

802 — Jayavarman II declares himself chakravartin on Mount Mahendraparvata

Dossier →Chronicle →

Laos

1353 — Fa Ngum is crowned king of Lan Xang

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
43
Domains
9
Crossed events
1
Data through
2026-08-22

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

KHMLAO
  • GDP
    $51 B2025$18 B2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $2,8722025$2,3252025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    5.3%20254.5%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    2.4%20257.7%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    136.1%202575.1%2016
    Observed 2025 / 2016 · figures compared, never graded

Society

KHMLAO
  • Population
    18 m20257.9 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    70.8 yrs202469.2 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    41.1%202540.3%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    2.520242.42024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

KHMLAO

Health

KHMLAO
  • Health spending
    4.6%20231.3%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    0.2120190.332022
    Observed 2019 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    18.4202429.42024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    83.0%202469.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    30.0%202435.2%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Education

KHMLAO
  • Adult literacy
    71.9%202175.6%2023
    Observed 2021 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Education spending
    2.2%20231.2%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Primary enrolment
    109.0%202493.1%2025
    Observed 2024 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Secondary enrolment
    58.8%202450.5%2025
    Observed 2024 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Tertiary enrolment
    21.4%202414.9%2023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded

Technology

KHMLAO
  • R&D spending
    0.1%20150.0%2002
    Observed 2015 / 2002 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    302015162002
    Observed 2015 / 2002 · figures compared, never graded
  • Internet users
    68.5%202465.6%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    1162024652023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    5.3%20247.4%2023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

KHMLAO
  • Land area
    176,520 km²2023230,800 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    43.1%202371.5%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    34.9%20239.9%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    1.120243.42024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    52.4%202149.2%2022
    Observed 2021 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

KHMLAO
  • Resource rents
    0.8%20215.4%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    0.0%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    0.0%20213.9%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    0.8%20211.5%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    99.2%202496.5%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Military

KHMLAO
  • Military burden
    1.5%20240.2%2013
    Observed 2024 / 2013 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $721 M2024$23 M2013
    Observed 2024 / 2013 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    191,0002020129,0002020
    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. from the mid-14th century

    Theravada Buddhism established

    During Fa Ngum's reign Theravada Buddhism of the Sinhalese school is introduced into the Lao kingdom, likely from Cambodia, becoming the foundational religion of Laos.

    Religion · from the Laos chronicle · The Kingdom of Lan Xang · REFS 2 — Fa Ngum, Lan Xang