Maize and products — Food in Laos
Laos: Maize and products — Food was 36 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Maize and products — Food in Laos, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize and products — food in Laos is 36 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 34.5% on the previous year and down 77.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food in Laos peaked at 160 1000 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 36 1000 t, in 2023.
Laos ranks 109th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Maize and products — Food in Laos, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 150 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 155 1000 t | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 160 1000 t | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 160 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 145 1000 t | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 150 1000 t | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 147 1000 t | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 112 1000 t | -23.8% |
| 2018 | 90 1000 t | -19.6% |
| 2019 | 83 1000 t | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 60 1000 t | -27.7% |
| 2021 | 57 1000 t | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 55 1000 t | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 36 1000 t | -34.5% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 36 1000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 187 1000 t, 19% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Laos's 36 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14 1000 t, 2.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 135.2 1000 t | 83 1000 t | 160 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 52 1000 t | 36 1000 t | 60 1000 t | 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 maize and products — food in Laos?
- Maize and products — food in Laos was 36 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 160 1000 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 36 1000 t in 2023.
- How does Laos rank for maize and products — food?
- Laos ranks 109th out of 191 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.5%. 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 Maize and products — Food. 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.