Agriculture & Rural in Laos

32 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Laos.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Agricultural raw materials exports 10.3% 2023 up 111.7% 13th
Agricultural raw materials imports 4.6% 2023 up 1,257.9% 3rd
Rural population 59.7% 2025 down 10.7% 45th
Rural population growth 0.1% 2025 down 92.5% 109th
Rural population 4.70 million 2025 up 3.3% 80th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.6% 2025 down 5.5% 47th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.04 billion current US$ 2025 up 19.9% 107th
Land under cereal production 1.02 million hectares 2024 down 15.4% 78th
Cereal yield 4,196 kg per hectare 2024 down 6.9% 59th
Cereal production 4.27 million metric tons 2024 down 21.2% 65th
Fertilizer consumption 77.41 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 up 208.5% 102nd
Land area 230,800 sq. km 2023 unchanged 80th
Agricultural land 22,872 sq. km 2023 down 2.4% 113th
Agricultural land 9.9% 2023 down 2.4% 179th
Arable land 1.22 million hectares 2023 down 18.3% 100th
Permanent cropland 1.7% 2023 up 130.8% 99th
Arable land 5.3% 2023 down 18.3% 131st
Arable land 0.1597 hectares per person 2023 down 29.5% 78th
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 68.4% 2025 down 6.0% 10th
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 68.8% 2025 down 6.0% 4th
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 68.6% 2025 down 6.0% 6th
Average precipitation in depth 1,834 mm per year 2022 unchanged 39th
Crop production index 113.65 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 63.1% 66th
Food production index 114.84 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 58.9% 61st
Livestock production index 183.17 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 62.5% 6th
Forest area 71.5% 2023 down 2.0% 16th
Forest area 164,920 sq. km 2023 down 2.0% 41st
Fertilizer consumption 7.1% 2023 down 64.9% 96th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 95.9% 2022 up 0.4% 6th
Surface area 236,800 sq. km 2023 unchanged 83rd
Access to electricity, rural 94.2% 2024 up 25.6% 145th
Agricultural irrigated land 19.3% 2023 up 59.0% 15th