Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lao People's Democratic Republic: Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP was 21.83 % in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
21.83 %
Change on year
up 3.9%
World rank
5th
of 13 countries
All-time high
49.78 %
in 1997
All-time low
15.71 %
in 2018
Years of data
55
1970–2024

Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1970–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

Lao People's Democratic Republic recorded 21.83 % for value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp in 2024.

The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 22.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 49.78 % in 1997 and was at its lowest, 15.71 %, in 2018.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.

Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year

Annual values for Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1970 to 2024.
Year % Change
1970 41.34 %
1971 41.34 % -0.0%
1972 41.34 % -0.0%
1973 41.34 % +0.0%
1974 41.37 % +0.1%
1975 41.34 % -0.1%
1976 41.31 % -0.1%
1977 41.32 % +0.0%
1978 41.38 % +0.1%
1979 41.49 % +0.3%
1980 41.17 % -0.8%
1981 41.21 % +0.1%
1982 41.34 % +0.3%
1983 41.68 % +0.8%
1984 42.07 % +0.9%
1985 39.56 % -6.0%
1986 41.38 % +4.6%
1987 41.99 % +1.5%
1988 43.41 % +3.4%
1989 44 % +1.4%
1990 44.6 % +1.4%
1991 42.19 % -5.4%
1992 42.89 % +1.7%
1993 41.56 % -3.1%
1994 42.3 % +1.8%
1995 40.2 % -5.0%
1996 38.86 % -3.3%
1997 49.78 % +28.1%
1998 32.44 % -34.8%
1999 32.93 % +1.5%
2000 32.2 % -2.2%
2001 31.36 % -2.6%
2002 30.79 % -1.8%
2003 29.57 % -3.9%
2004 28.03 % -5.2%
2005 26.27 % -6.3%
2006 25.59 % -2.6%
2007 23.83 % -6.9%
2008 22.96 % -3.6%
2009 23.31 % +1.5%
2010 22.02 % -5.5%
2011 21.05 % -4.4%
2012 18.55 % -11.9%
2013 17.93 % -3.3%
2014 17.85 % -0.5%
2015 17.59 % -1.5%
2016 17.23 % -2.0%
2017 16.21 % -5.9%
2018 15.71 % -3.1%
2019 16.05 % +2.2%
2020 16.48 % +2.7%
2021 15.95 % -3.2%
2022 17.83 % +11.8%
2023 21 % +17.8%
2024 21.83 % +3.9%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP in Lao People's Democratic Republic 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.

YearChange FromTo
1998 -34.8% 49.78 % 32.44 %
1997 +28.1% 38.86 % 49.78 %

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 41.36 % 41.31 % 41.49 % 10
1980s 41.78 % 39.56 % 44 % 10
1990s 40.78 % 32.44 % 49.78 % 10
2000s 27.39 % 22.96 % 32.2 % 10
2010s 18.02 % 15.71 % 22.02 % 10
2020s 18.62 % 15.95 % 21.83 % 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 21.83 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
The highest recorded value was 49.78 % in 1997.
What is the lowest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
The lowest recorded value was 15.71 % in 2018.
How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp?
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 5th out of 13 countries with data for 2024.
Is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Over the last ten years it is up 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
215 places, 10,919 data points, 1970–2024
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).