Laos vs Maldives: Total reserves (% of total external debt)
Total reserves (% of total external debt) over time
- Laos
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 14.4% against 12.4% in Laos, a difference of 2.0%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.2 times Laos's.
Across all 37 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Laos ranks 100th and Maldives ranks 97th of 112 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Laos | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3% | 33.7% | 33.4% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 3.9% | 39.1% | 35.2% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 11.4% | 43.7% | 32.4% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 11.6% | 39.7% | 28.0% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 10.1% | 19.3% | 9.2% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total reserves, Laos or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 14.4% against 12.4% in Laos as of 2024.
- What is the difference in total reserves between Laos and Maldives?
- 2.0%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Maldives?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2024.
- How do Laos and Maldives rank globally for total reserves?
- Laos ranks 100th and Maldives ranks 97th of 112 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Total reserves (% of total external debt). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of total external debt which are all liabilities that require payment(s) of interest and/or principal by the debtor at some point(s) in the future and that are owed to non-residents by residents of an economy.