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 21.83 % 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 21.83 %.
That represents a change of 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 us$ in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 49.78 % in 1997 and was at its lowest, 15.71 %, in 2018.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 5th of 20 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 | 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 US$ 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | -34.8% | 49.78 % | 32.44 % |
| 1997 | +28.1% | 38.86 % | 49.78 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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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More environment data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 0.825 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.318 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.21 ha/cap (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 55.61 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1,224 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 600 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 500.22 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 1,598 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 72.61 % (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 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 us$ 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 us$ 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 us$?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 5th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp us$ rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is 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 US$. 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).