Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Laos
Laos: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply was 1,559 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Laos, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Laos recorded 1,559 kcal/cap/d for cereals - excluding beer — food supply in 2023.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Laos peaked at 1,732 kcal/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,547 kcal/cap/d, in 2020.
Laos ranks 21st of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Laos, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,719 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,732 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 1,705 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 1,713 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 1,705 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 1,627 kcal/cap/d | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 1,638 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1,605 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 1,565 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 1,619 kcal/cap/d | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 1,547 kcal/cap/d | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 1,600 kcal/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 1,588 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,559 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 1,559 kcal/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,131 kcal/cap/d, 1.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Laos's 1,559 kcal/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,020 kcal/cap/d, 1.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,663 kcal/cap/d | 1,565 kcal/cap/d | 1,732 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,574 kcal/cap/d | 1,547 kcal/cap/d | 1,600 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Laos
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 cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Laos?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Laos was 1,559 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 1,732 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,547 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- How does Laos rank for cereals - excluding beer — food supply?
- Laos ranks 21st out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food supply rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. 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 Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.