Wheat and products — Food in Laos
Laos: Wheat and products — Food was 66 1000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Wheat and products — Food in Laos, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Laos recorded 66 1000 t for wheat and products — food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 371.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food in Laos peaked at 66 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12 1000 t, in 2015.
That places Laos 152nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat and products — Food in Laos, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 13 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 13 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 14 1000 t | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 18 1000 t | +28.6% |
| 2015 | 12 1000 t | -33.3% |
| 2016 | 17 1000 t | +41.7% |
| 2017 | 36 1000 t | +111.8% |
| 2018 | 47 1000 t | +30.6% |
| 2019 | 31 1000 t | -34.0% |
| 2020 | 49 1000 t | +58.1% |
| 2021 | 46 1000 t | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 66 1000 t | +43.5% |
| 2023 | 66 1000 t | +0.0% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 66 1000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 488 1000 t, 14% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Laos's 66 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 55 1000 t, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 21.4 1000 t | 12 1000 t | 47 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.75 1000 t | 46 1000 t | 66 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Laos
- 149 Malta 85 1000 t compare
- 150 Sierra Leone 84 1000 t compare
- 151 Luxembourg 80 1000 t compare
- 152 Lao People's Democratic Republic 66 1000 t compare
- 154 Lesotho 65 1000 t compare
- 155 Estonia 64 1000 t compare
- 155 Polynesia 64 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 wheat and products — food in Laos?
- Wheat and products — food in Laos was 66 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — food recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 66 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 1000 t in 2015.
- How does Laos rank for wheat and products — food?
- Laos ranks 152nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 371.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat and products — 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.