Rice — Area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Rice — Area harvested was 912,998 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lao People's Democratic Republic recorded 912,998 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 5.6% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 973,327 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 524,564 ha, in 1976.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 620,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 590,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1963 | 600,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 916,000 ha | +52.7% |
| 1965 | 916,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 930,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 960,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 656,000 ha | -31.7% |
| 1969 | 664,773 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 664,693 ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 664,770 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 664,790 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 664,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 685,900 ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 680,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 524,564 ha | -22.9% |
| 1977 | 561,100 ha | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 578,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 689,300 ha | +19.2% |
| 1980 | 732,050 ha | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 745,062 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 736,812 ha | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 694,347 ha | -5.8% |
| 1984 | 655,095 ha | -5.7% |
| 1985 | 663,487 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 641,632 ha | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 542,018 ha | -15.5% |
| 1988 | 524,828 ha | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 596,160 ha | +13.6% |
| 1990 | 650,300 ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 556,878 ha | -14.4% |
| 1992 | 565,749 ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 551,708 ha | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 610,960 ha | +10.7% |
| 1995 | 559,900 ha | -8.4% |
| 1996 | 553,741 ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 601,295 ha | +8.6% |
| 1998 | 617,538 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 717,577 ha | +16.2% |
| 2000 | 719,370 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 746,775 ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 738,104 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 756,317 ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 770,320 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 736,020 ha | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 742,905 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 727,863 ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 786,265 ha | +8.0% |
| 2009 | 818,561 ha | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 855,114 ha | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 817,250 ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 933,767 ha | +14.3% |
| 2013 | 891,190 ha | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 957,836 ha | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 965,152 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 973,327 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 956,134 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 848,174 ha | -11.3% |
| 2019 | 850,700 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 921,700 ha | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 939,662 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 957,629 ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 966,672 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 912,998 ha | -5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 761,419 ha | 590,000 ha | 960,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 637,842 ha | 524,564 ha | 689,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 653,149 ha | 524,828 ha | 745,062 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 598,565 ha | 551,708 ha | 717,577 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 754,250 ha | 719,370 ha | 818,561 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 904,864 ha | 817,250 ha | 973,327 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 939,732 ha | 912,998 ha | 966,672 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Rice — area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 912,998 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 973,327 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 524,564 ha in 1976.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for rice — area harvested?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 7th out of 18 regions with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Rice — 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.