Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ was 14.03 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ in Lao People's Democratic Republic stood at 14.03 %. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 38.29 % in 1987 and was at its lowest, 14.03 %, in 2024.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 63rd of 233 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 37.94 % | — |
| 1971 | 37.94 % | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 37.94 % | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 37.94 % | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 37.94 % | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 37.94 % | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 37.94 % | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 37.96 % | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 37.95 % | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 37.9 % | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 37.93 % | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 37.97 % | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 38.03 % | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 37.93 % | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 37.62 % | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 38.11 % | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 38.19 % | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 38.29 % | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 37.45 % | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 36.05 % | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 36.71 % | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 34.58 % | -5.8% |
| 1992 | 35.47 % | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 34.41 % | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 34.59 % | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 33.19 % | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 31.91 % | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 31.93 % | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 31.65 % | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 31.92 % | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 31.65 % | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 31.05 % | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 29.61 % | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 28.58 % | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 27.62 % | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 26.06 % | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 27.39 % | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 24.75 % | -9.6% |
| 2008 | 23.82 % | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 22.78 % | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 21.74 % | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 20.66 % | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 19.77 % | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 18.82 % | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 18.22 % | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 17.59 % | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 16.89 % | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 16.26 % | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 15.49 % | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 14.87 % | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 14.56 % | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 14.42 % | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 14.27 % | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 14.21 % | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 14.03 % | -1.2% |
Lao People's Democratic Republic compared with similar countries
- Lao People's Democratic Republic's 14.03 % is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15.03 %, 93% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Lao People's Democratic Republic's 14.03 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8.37 %, 1.7× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 37.94 % | 37.9 % | 37.96 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 37.76 % | 36.05 % | 38.29 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 33.63 % | 31.65 % | 36.71 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.33 % | 22.78 % | 31.65 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.03 % | 14.87 % | 21.74 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.3 % | 14.03 % | 14.56 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 60 Melanesia 14.41 % compare
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- 63 Lao People's Democratic Republic 14.03 % compare
- 65 Yemen Ar Rp 13.94 % compare
- 66 Cambodia 13.79 % compare
More environment data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.77 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.51 Percentage change (2025)
- Cooling Degree Days, annual growth rate 3.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, gaps filled 114.88 (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.18 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -9.34 Percentage change (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 216,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 216,000 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 14.03 % 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 us$ recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 38.29 % in 1987.
- What is the lowest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.03 % in 2024.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 63rd out of 233 countries with data for 2024.
- Is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.0%. 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 US$, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).