Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food in Laos
Laos: Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food was 91 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food in Laos, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, sugar (raw equivalent) — food in Laos stood at 91 1000 t.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar (raw equivalent) — food in Laos peaked at 94 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 59 1000 t, in 2011.
That places Laos 127th 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.
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food in Laos, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 63 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 59 1000 t | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 67 1000 t | +13.6% |
| 2013 | 75 1000 t | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 61 1000 t | -18.7% |
| 2015 | 60 1000 t | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 63 1000 t | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 86 1000 t | +36.5% |
| 2018 | 87 1000 t | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 64 1000 t | -26.4% |
| 2020 | 67 1000 t | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 74 1000 t | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 94 1000 t | +27.0% |
| 2023 | 91 1000 t | -3.2% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 91 1000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 216 1000 t, 42% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Laos's 91 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 35 1000 t, 2.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 68.5 1000 t | 59 1000 t | 87 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.5 1000 t | 67 1000 t | 94 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Laos
- 124 Kyrgyzstan 109 1000 t compare
- 125 Jamaica 107 1000 t compare
- 126 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 95 1000 t compare
- 127 Lao People's Democratic Republic 91 1000 t compare
- 129 Papua New Guinea 90 1000 t compare
- 130 Lithuania 88 1000 t compare
- 130 Congo 88 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 (raw equivalent) — food in Laos?
- Sugar (raw equivalent) — food in Laos was 91 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar (raw equivalent) — food recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 94 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest sugar (raw equivalent) — food recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 59 1000 t in 2011.
- How does Laos rank for sugar (raw equivalent) — food?
- Laos ranks 127th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar (raw equivalent) — food rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.3%. 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 Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — 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.