Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 103,603 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic is 103,603 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 7.9% on the previous year and down 57.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 258,910 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 10,000 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1964 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 15,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 13,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1967 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1973 | 15,200 ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 15,900 ha | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 18,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 1976 | 29,100 ha | +61.7% |
| 1977 | 24,600 ha | -15.5% |
| 1978 | 28,250 ha | +14.8% |
| 1979 | 28,190 ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 28,310 ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 30,928 ha | +9.2% |
| 1982 | 31,550 ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 29,794 ha | -5.6% |
| 1984 | 28,563 ha | -4.1% |
| 1985 | 26,886 ha | -5.9% |
| 1986 | 29,630 ha | +10.2% |
| 1987 | 24,764 ha | -16.4% |
| 1988 | 37,815 ha | +52.7% |
| 1989 | 30,373 ha | -19.7% |
| 1990 | 36,670 ha | +20.7% |
| 1991 | 34,176 ha | -6.8% |
| 1992 | 32,135 ha | -6.0% |
| 1993 | 27,155 ha | -15.5% |
| 1994 | 28,060 ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 29,112 ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 37,380 ha | +28.4% |
| 1997 | 38,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 46,400 ha | +22.1% |
| 1999 | 40,730 ha | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 49,000 ha | +20.3% |
| 2001 | 43,870 ha | -10.5% |
| 2002 | 44,956 ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 51,670 ha | +14.9% |
| 2004 | 67,500 ha | +30.6% |
| 2005 | 86,000 ha | +27.4% |
| 2006 | 113,815 ha | +32.3% |
| 2007 | 157,710 ha | +38.6% |
| 2008 | 229,220 ha | +45.3% |
| 2009 | 207,600 ha | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 212,745 ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 212,105 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 196,815 ha | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 212,030 ha | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 243,385 ha | +14.8% |
| 2015 | 254,025 ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 258,910 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 207,190 ha | -20.0% |
| 2018 | 165,620 ha | -20.1% |
| 2019 | 151,740 ha | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 130,822 ha | -13.8% |
| 2021 | 110,910 ha | -15.2% |
| 2022 | 92,759 ha | -16.4% |
| 2023 | 96,039 ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 103,603 ha | +7.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,667 ha | 10,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,524 ha | 15,000 ha | 29,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,861 ha | 24,764 ha | 37,815 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,982 ha | 27,155 ha | 46,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 105,134 ha | 43,870 ha | 229,220 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 211,456 ha | 151,740 ha | 258,910 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 106,827 ha | 92,759 ha | 130,822 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 10 USSR 2.97 million ha compare
- 11 Mozambique 2.86 million ha compare
- 12 Angola 2.82 million ha compare
- 13 South Africa 2.64 million ha compare
- 14 Indonesia 2.55 million ha compare
- 15 Philippines 2.46 million ha compare
- 16 Kenya 2.41 million ha compare
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- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 19,300 t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production 14,578 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 3,100 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 4.77 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 10,521 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 28 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 103,603 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 258,910 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 13th out of 19 regions with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.