Potatoes — Yield in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Potatoes — Yield was 28,752 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Yield in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Lao People's Democratic Republic recorded 28,752 kg/ha for potatoes — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.6% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 32,490 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 5,200 kg/ha, in 1962.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Yield in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,200 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1963 | 5,600 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 5,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,769 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 6,818 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1967 | 6,818 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,818 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,400 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1970 | 6,800 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 6,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 7,200 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 7,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,800 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1975 | 6,667 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 7,143 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 7,333 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 7,778 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 7,750 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 7,907 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 7,954 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 8,696 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1983 | 8,000 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1984 | 7,333 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 8,095 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1986 | 7,778 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 6,667 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1988 | 5,814 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1989 | 6,667 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1990 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 5,983 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 7,000 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1993 | 6,652 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 6,526 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 6,600 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 7,733 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1998 | 7,861 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 7,592 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 6,226 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2001 | 11,333 kg/ha | +82.0% |
| 2002 | 12,069 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 15,000 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2004 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 19,444 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 2007 | 20,588 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 24,000 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2009 | 24,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 24,312 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 25,072 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 14,578 kg/ha | -41.9% |
| 2013 | 25,517 kg/ha | +75.0% |
| 2014 | 30,044 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2015 | 32,490 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 32,225 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 22,643 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 2018 | 22,737 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 31,429 kg/ha | +38.2% |
| 2020 | 29,340 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 28,820 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 30,000 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 25,300 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2024 | 28,752 kg/ha | +13.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield in Lao People's Democratic Republic changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +82.0% | 6,226 kg/ha | 11,333 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +75.0% | 14,578 kg/ha | 25,517 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,114 kg/ha | 5,200 kg/ha | 6,818 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,147 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 7,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,491 kg/ha | 5,814 kg/ha | 8,696 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,928 kg/ha | 5,983 kg/ha | 7,861 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,266 kg/ha | 6,226 kg/ha | 24,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,105 kg/ha | 14,578 kg/ha | 32,490 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,443 kg/ha | 25,300 kg/ha | 30,000 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 1 New Zealand 51,307 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 35,246 kg/ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 32,280 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 46,581 kg/ha compare
- 3 Denmark 45,835 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 45,136 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 23,888 kg/ha compare
- 5 Germany 45,015 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21,463 kg/ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 43,061 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Potatoes — yield in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 28,752 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 32,490 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,200 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for potatoes — yield?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 3rd out of 18 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. 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 Potatoes — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.