Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Laos
Laos: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 25.69 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Laos, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food supply in Laos stood at 25.69 kcal/cap/d.
That represents a change of down 36.9% on the previous year and up 30.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Laos peaked at 40.69 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 16.91 kcal/cap/d, in 2014.
Laos ranks 29th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Laos, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 24.44 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 30.69 kcal/cap/d | +25.6% |
| 2012 | 29.47 kcal/cap/d | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 19.69 kcal/cap/d | -33.2% |
| 2014 | 16.91 kcal/cap/d | -14.1% |
| 2015 | 36.87 kcal/cap/d | +118.0% |
| 2016 | 36.71 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 25.05 kcal/cap/d | -31.8% |
| 2018 | 28.27 kcal/cap/d | +12.9% |
| 2019 | 21.5 kcal/cap/d | -23.9% |
| 2020 | 29.84 kcal/cap/d | +38.8% |
| 2021 | 24.63 kcal/cap/d | -17.5% |
| 2022 | 40.69 kcal/cap/d | +65.2% |
| 2023 | 25.69 kcal/cap/d | -36.9% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 25.69 kcal/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.65 kcal/cap/d, 5.5× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Laos's 25.69 kcal/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.64 kcal/cap/d, 3.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 26.96 kcal/cap/d | 16.91 kcal/cap/d | 36.87 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.21 kcal/cap/d | 24.63 kcal/cap/d | 40.69 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Laos
- 26 Mozambique 31.23 kcal/cap/d compare
- 27 Caribbean 26.28 kcal/cap/d compare
- 28 Kenya 26.11 kcal/cap/d compare
- 29 Lao People's Democratic Republic 25.69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 31 Micronesia 24.6 kcal/cap/d compare
- 32 Ethiopia 24.39 kcal/cap/d 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 sweet potatoes — food supply in Laos?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Laos was 25.69 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 40.69 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.91 kcal/cap/d in 2014.
- How does Laos rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Laos ranks 29th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.5%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.