Sugar & Sweeteners — Food in Laos
Laos: Sugar & Sweeteners — Food was 105 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food in Laos, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, sugar & sweeteners — food in Laos stood at 105 1000 t. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 65.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar & sweeteners — food in Laos peaked at 300 1000 t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 105 1000 t, in 2022.
That places Laos 139th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food in Laos, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 227 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 227 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 278 1000 t | +22.5% |
| 2013 | 300 1000 t | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 265 1000 t | -11.7% |
| 2015 | 209 1000 t | -21.1% |
| 2016 | 191 1000 t | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 283 1000 t | +48.2% |
| 2018 | 294 1000 t | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 178 1000 t | -39.5% |
| 2020 | 205 1000 t | +15.2% |
| 2021 | 262 1000 t | +27.8% |
| 2022 | 105 1000 t | -59.9% |
| 2023 | 105 1000 t | +0.0% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 105 1000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 336 1000 t, 31% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Laos's 105 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 105 1000 t, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 245.2 1000 t | 178 1000 t | 300 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 169.25 1000 t | 105 1000 t | 262 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Laos
- 136 Sierra Leone 111 1000 t compare
- 137 Estonia 110 1000 t compare
- 138 North Macedonia 109 1000 t compare
- 139 Qatar 105 1000 t compare
- 139 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 105 1000 t compare
- 139 Lao People's Democratic Republic 105 1000 t compare
- 139 Fiji 105 1000 t compare
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 sugar & sweeteners — food in Laos?
- Sugar & sweeteners — food in Laos was 105 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar & sweeteners — food recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 300 1000 t in 2013.
- What is the lowest sugar & sweeteners — food recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 105 1000 t in 2022.
- How does Laos rank for sugar & sweeteners — food?
- Laos ranks 139th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar & sweeteners — food rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar & Sweeteners — 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.