Sweet potatoes — Production in Laos
Laos: Sweet potatoes — Production was 121 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production in Laos, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — production in Laos stood at 121 1000 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.5% on the previous year and up 89.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Laos peaked at 153 1000 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 61 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Laos 38th out of 111 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.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Laos, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 61 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 134 1000 t | +119.7% |
| 2012 | 81 1000 t | -39.6% |
| 2013 | 64 1000 t | -21.0% |
| 2014 | 80 1000 t | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 153 1000 t | +91.2% |
| 2016 | 153 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 110 1000 t | -28.1% |
| 2018 | 124 1000 t | +12.7% |
| 2019 | 109 1000 t | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 111 1000 t | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 127 1000 t | +14.4% |
| 2022 | 128 1000 t | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 121 1000 t | -5.5% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 121 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 112.5 1000 t, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Laos's 121 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 62 1000 t, 2.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 106.9 1000 t | 61 1000 t | 153 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 121.75 1000 t | 111 1000 t | 128 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Laos
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 — production in Laos?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Laos was 121 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 153 1000 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 61 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Laos rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Laos ranks 38th out of 111 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 89.1%. 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 — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.