LOCATION:

Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam

AREA:

Total: 236,800 sq km

CLIMATE:

Tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December to April)

POPULATION:

6,911,544 (July 2015 est.)

GDP (purchasing power parity):

$37.5 billion (2015 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

$12.55 billion (2015 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

7.5% (2015 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

$5,400 (2015 est.)

GDP - composition, by sector of origin:

Agriculture: 23.1%

Industry: 33.4%

Services: 43.5% (2015 est.)

AGRICULTURE - products:

Sweet potatoes, vegetables, corn, coffee, sugarcane, tobacco, cotton, tea, peanuts, rice; cassava (manioc, tapioca), water buffalo, pigs, cattle, poultry

INDUSTRIES:

Mining (copper, tin, gold, gypsum); timber, electric power, agricultural processing, rubber, construction, garments, cement, tourism

EXPORT:

$3.115 billion (2015 est.)

IMPORT:

$4.912 billion (2015 est.)

EXPORTS - commodities:

Wood products, coffee, electricity, tin, copper, gold, cassava

EXPORTS - partners:

China 34.2%, Thailand 27.4%, Vietnam 15.7% (2014)

IMPORTS - commodities:

Machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, consumer goods

IMPORTS - partners:

Thailand 55.2%, China 25.6%, Vietnam 6.6% (2014)