Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$756 million (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 114 $712.4 million (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$3.085 billion (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 126 $3.179 billion (2006 est.)
Exchange rates:
kips (LAK) per US dollar - 8,320.27 (2010), 8,516.04 (2009), 8,760.69 (2008), 9,658 (2007), 10,235 (2006)
Communications ::Laos
Telephones - main lines in use:
132,200 (2009) country comparison to the world: 137
Telephones - mobile cellular: