Agriculture share of GDP in Laos
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced 16.6% of GDP in Laos in 2025.
Laos, 2025
16.6%
Change from 2024
−0.2percentage points
World, 2025
4.0%
Agriculture share of GDP in Laos over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Laos | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.6% | 4.0% |
| 2024 | 16.8% | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 16.1% | 4.1% |
| 2022 | 14.9% | 4.3% |
| 2021 | 16.1% | 4.3% |
| 2020 | 16.3% | 4.4% |
| 2019 | 16.1% | 4.0% |
| 2018 | 15.7% | 3.9% |
| 2017 | 16.2% | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 17.2% | 4.1% |
| 2015 | 17.6% | 4.2% |
| 2014 | 17.8% | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 17.9% | 4.2% |
| 2012 | 18.5% | 4.0% |
| 2011 | 20.8% | 4.0% |
| 2010 | 22.6% | 3.8% |
| 2009 | 24.2% | 3.6% |
| 2008 | 24.2% | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 25.8% | 3.4% |
| 2006 | 26.7% | 3.2% |
| 2005 | 28.3% | 3.2% |
| 2004 | 30.5% | 3.3% |
| 2003 | 32.1% | 3.3% |
| 2002 | 33.4% | 3.3% |
| 2001 | 32.7% | 3.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 16.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 17.6%, the figure has changed by −1.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 4.0%.
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Agricultural land
9.5%
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Cereal yield
4,196 kg per hectare
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Cost of a healthy diet
Int$5.23e (Estimate) per person per day
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Healthy diet unaffordable
49.7%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
0.12e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
64.4e (Estimate) kg/ha
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