Stimulants — Food supply in Laos
Laos: Stimulants — Food supply was 61,000 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Stimulants — Food supply in Laos, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Laos recorded 61,000 million Kcal for stimulants — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.3% on the previous year and up 62.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, stimulants — food supply in Laos peaked at 61,000 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 24,442 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Laos 88th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Stimulants — Food supply in Laos, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 24,442 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 24,514 million Kcal | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 36,841 million Kcal | +50.3% |
| 2013 | 37,512 million Kcal | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 42,776 million Kcal | +14.0% |
| 2015 | 47,668 million Kcal | +11.4% |
| 2016 | 50,896 million Kcal | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 60,811 million Kcal | +19.5% |
| 2018 | 56,969 million Kcal | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 49,409 million Kcal | -13.3% |
| 2020 | 36,064 million Kcal | -27.0% |
| 2021 | 41,189 million Kcal | +14.2% |
| 2022 | 50,699 million Kcal | +23.1% |
| 2023 | 61,000 million Kcal | +20.3% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 61,000 million Kcal is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 21,993 million Kcal, 2.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Laos's 61,000 million Kcal is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 21,993 million Kcal, 2.8× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 43,184 million Kcal | 24,442 million Kcal | 60,811 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,238 million Kcal | 36,064 million Kcal | 61,000 million Kcal | 4 |
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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 stimulants — food supply in Laos?
- Stimulants — food supply in Laos was 61,000 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest stimulants — food supply recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 61,000 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest stimulants — food supply recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,442 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Laos rank for stimulants — food supply?
- Laos ranks 88th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is stimulants — food supply rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.6%. 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 Stimulants — Food supply (kcal). 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.