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Who buys Laos’ electricity? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Laos exported $2.4 billion of electricity, 3.7% of the world total. Thailand bought 90% of the total, followed by Cambodia (10%) and China (0%). Laos was the world’s 6th-largest exporter of electricity.

Summary

Value
$2.4billion
Share of world total
3.7%
World rank
6th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 3 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Thailand2.1Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —90.2%Land
Cambodia0.23Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —9.8%Land
China< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Land

Trend

Who it sells to

Thailand has been its main destination since 2005

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Thailand 2.1
  • Cambodia 0.23
  • China 0

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Thailand02.1
Cambodia00.23
China00

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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