Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) in Laos
Laos: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) was 16.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Laos, 1989–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Laos stood at 16.6%.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Laos peaked at 51.9% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 14.9%, in 2022.
That places Laos 47th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 37 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) in Laos, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 47.5% | — |
| 1990 | 46.5% | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 44.0% | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 46.7% | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 43.4% | -7.1% |
| 1994 | 44.1% | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 42.2% | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 40.5% | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 51.9% | +28.0% |
| 1998 | 33.9% | -34.5% |
| 1999 | 34.3% | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 33.6% | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 32.7% | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 33.4% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 32.1% | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 30.5% | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 28.3% | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 26.7% | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 25.8% | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 24.2% | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 24.2% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 22.6% | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 20.8% | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 18.5% | -10.8% |
| 2013 | 17.9% | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 17.8% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 17.6% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 17.2% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 16.2% | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 15.7% | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 16.1% | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 16.3% | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 16.1% | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 14.9% | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 16.1% | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 16.8% | +3.9% |
| 2025 | 16.6% | -0.9% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 16.6% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16.6%, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Laos's 16.6% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9.1%, 1.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) in Laos changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | -34.5% | 51.9% | 33.9% |
| 1997 | +28.0% | 40.5% | 51.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 47.5% | 47.5% | 47.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 42.7% | 33.9% | 51.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 29.2% | 24.2% | 33.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.0% | 15.7% | 22.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.1% | 14.9% | 16.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Laos
- 44 Papua New Guinea 17.0% compare
- 45 Cameroon 16.8% compare
- 46 Cote d'Ivoire 16.8% compare
- 48 Uzbekistan 16.6% compare
- 49 Greenland 16.6% compare
- 50 Egypt 16.6% compare
More agriculture & rural data for Laos
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -1.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1874 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.8289 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.2734 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1662 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0583 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Laos?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Laos was 16.6% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 51.9% in 1997.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.9% in 2022.
- How does Laos rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Laos ranks 47th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator.