Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply quantity in Laos
Laos: Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply quantity was 11.63 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply quantity in Laos, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for alcoholic beverages — food supply quantity in Laos is 11.63 kg/cap, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.6% on the previous year and down 38.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, alcoholic beverages — food supply quantity in Laos peaked at 24.5 kg/cap in 2011 and was at its lowest, 9.14 kg/cap, in 2016.
Laos ranks 146th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply quantity in Laos, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 16.24 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 24.5 kg/cap | +50.9% |
| 2012 | 21.25 kg/cap | -13.3% |
| 2013 | 18.91 kg/cap | -11.0% |
| 2014 | 12.77 kg/cap | -32.5% |
| 2015 | 11.16 kg/cap | -12.6% |
| 2016 | 9.14 kg/cap | -18.1% |
| 2017 | 11.49 kg/cap | +25.7% |
| 2018 | 9.88 kg/cap | -14.0% |
| 2019 | 10.51 kg/cap | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 9.5 kg/cap | -9.6% |
| 2021 | 10.98 kg/cap | +15.6% |
| 2022 | 10.15 kg/cap | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 11.63 kg/cap | +14.6% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 11.63 kg/cap is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12.38 kg/cap, 94% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Laos's 11.63 kg/cap is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 21.36 kg/cap, 54% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14.58 kg/cap | 9.14 kg/cap | 24.5 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.57 kg/cap | 9.5 kg/cap | 11.63 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Laos
- 143 Haiti 12.54 kg/cap compare
- 144 Nigeria 12.38 kg/cap compare
- 145 Mozambique 12.07 kg/cap compare
- 146 Lao People's Democratic Republic 11.63 kg/cap compare
- 148 Uzbekistan 10.61 kg/cap compare
- 149 Nepal 10.24 kg/cap compare
More agriculture & rural data for Laos
- 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)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5969 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 10.3% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is alcoholic beverages — food supply quantity in Laos?
- Alcoholic beverages — food supply quantity in Laos was 11.63 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest alcoholic beverages — food supply quantity recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 24.5 kg/cap in 2011.
- What is the lowest alcoholic beverages — food supply quantity recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.14 kg/cap in 2016.
- How does Laos rank for alcoholic beverages — food supply quantity?
- Laos ranks 146th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is alcoholic beverages — food supply quantity rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.