Vegetable Oils — Food in Laos
Laos: Vegetable Oils — Food was 21 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetable Oils — Food in Laos, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, vegetable oils — food in Laos stood at 21 1000 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and up 75.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetable oils — food in Laos peaked at 26 1000 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 12 1000 t, in 2010.
Laos ranks 145th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetable Oils — Food in Laos, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 12 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 12 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 18 1000 t | +50.0% |
| 2015 | 16 1000 t | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 18 1000 t | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 16 1000 t | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 15 1000 t | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 26 1000 t | +73.3% |
| 2020 | 24 1000 t | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 22 1000 t | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 22 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 21 1000 t | -4.5% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 21 1000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 141 1000 t, 15% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Laos's 21 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 21 1000 t, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetable Oils — Food in Laos changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +73.3% | 15 1000 t | 26 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 15.7 1000 t | 12 1000 t | 26 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.25 1000 t | 21 1000 t | 24 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Laos
- 142 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23 1000 t compare
- 143 Republic of Moldova 22 1000 t compare
- 143 Moldova 22 1000 t compare
- 145 Lao People's Democratic Republic 21 1000 t compare
- 147 Gambia 20 1000 t compare
- 148 Gabon 19 1000 t compare
- 148 Cyprus 19 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 vegetable oils — food in Laos?
- Vegetable oils — food in Laos was 21 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetable oils — food recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 26 1000 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest vegetable oils — food recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Laos rank for vegetable oils — food?
- Laos ranks 145th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetable oils — food rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.0%. 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 Vegetable Oils — 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.