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Lao PDR

LAO

Lao PDR: 7.5 million population; lower-middle-income economy. Exports: electricity, mineral products, garments; imports: machinery, mineral fuels, vehicles. Communist one-party state under President Thongloun Sisoulith. #116 Big Mac Index.

Headline valuation

Enterprise value
$115.6B
Scenario range
$79.2B to $119.3B
Confidence
60.0%
Integration scenario
Contested Integration

Balance sheet

Total assets
$150.6B
Total liabilities
$35.0B
Base enterprise value
$115.6B

Creditor concentration

Risk score (0-100)
31.3
Buyer autonomy
high
Creditor HHI
0.2924

Climate & resources

Climate status
Desperate (Rank 47 of 212, 1 = most desperate)
Water tier
MODERATE
ND-GAIN vulnerability
0.64
ND-GAIN readiness
0.38

Top acquisition targets (Lao PDR as buyer)

Computed by SAPA (Sovereign Acquisition Propensity Algorithm). Higher probability = stronger structural fit for Lao PDR acquiring this target.

  1. Viet Nam (VNM): probability 0.10, deal value $6.36T, driver: Strategic + Resources + Human_Capital + Population_Disadvantage(0.08) + GDP_Block(0.036) + Economic_Size_Block(0.02) + Absurdity_Penalty(4)
  2. Thailand (THA): probability 0.08, deal value $8.46T, driver: Strategic + Resources + Human_Capital + GDP_Block(0.033) + Economic_Size_Block(0.02) + No_Power_Projection + Absurdity_Penalty(4)
  3. Brunei Darussalam (BRN): probability 0.08, deal value $194.8B, driver: Strategic + Resources + Human_Capital + Political_Risk + Distance_Proximal(2055km) + No_Power_Projection
  4. Malaysia (MYS): probability 0.08, deal value $7.74T, driver: Strategic + Resources + Human_Capital + GDP_Block(0.037) + Economic_Size_Block(0.02) + No_Power_Projection + Absurdity_Penalty(4)
  5. TWN (TWN): probability 0.08, deal value $30.99T, driver: Strategic + Resources + Human_Capital + Distance_Proximal(2077km) + Economic_Size_Block(0.01) + No_Power_Projection + US_Ambiguous_Commitment

About this valuation

This valuation is computed monthly by the WHITEFLAG sovereign asset valuation framework, a five-scenario model that prices nations as transferable enterprise units. See the full methodology for the formulas and data sources. The human-capital, industrial, land and resource bases are blended with the World Bank Changing Wealth of Nations 2020 stock, rescaled onto the framework's computed scale.

Sources: CIA World Factbook, World Bank (population, poverty, economic data), IMF World Economic Outlook (economic classification, trade), The Economist Big Mac Index (PPP comparison), Trading Economics (macroeconomic indicators), Official Government Statistical Agencies

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