Meat — Food in Laos
Laos: Meat — Food was 238 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Food in Laos, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Laos recorded 238 1000 t for meat — food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and up 70.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — food in Laos peaked at 238 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 127 1000 t, in 2010.
Laos ranks 119th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Meat — Food in Laos, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 127 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 127 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 135 1000 t | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 140 1000 t | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 169 1000 t | +20.7% |
| 2015 | 167 1000 t | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 177 1000 t | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 183 1000 t | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 185 1000 t | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 198 1000 t | +7.0% |
| 2020 | 210 1000 t | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 217 1000 t | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 225 1000 t | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 238 1000 t | +5.8% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 238 1000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 345 1000 t, 69% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Laos's 238 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 238 1000 t, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 160.8 1000 t | 127 1000 t | 198 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 222.5 1000 t | 210 1000 t | 238 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 meat — food in Laos?
- Meat — food in Laos was 238 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — food recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 238 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat — food recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 127 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Laos rank for meat — food?
- Laos ranks 119th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — food rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat — 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.