Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) in Laos
Laos: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) was 3.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Laos, 2001–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
In 2025, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Laos stood at 3.5%.
That represents a change of up 18.7% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Laos peaked at 7.4% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2011.
That places Laos 77th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) in Laos, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3.8% | — |
| 2002 | 4.0% | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 2.5% | -36.9% |
| 2004 | 3.4% | +36.3% |
| 2005 | 1.4% | -58.7% |
| 2006 | 4.2% | +193.8% |
| 2007 | 7.4% | +78.1% |
| 2008 | 3.5% | -53.3% |
| 2009 | 2.8% | -18.2% |
| 2010 | 2.8% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | -82.5% |
| 2012 | 2.8% | +464.7% |
| 2013 | 2.8% | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 4.1% | +46.4% |
| 2015 | 3.6% | -14.1% |
| 2016 | 2.8% | -22.7% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 1.3% | -55.9% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 3.2% | +164.1% |
| 2021 | 2.3% | -28.9% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | -28.1% |
| 2023 | 2.4% | +44.6% |
| 2024 | 3.0% | +24.4% |
| 2025 | 3.5% | +18.7% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 3.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.9%, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Laos's 3.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.1%, 1.7× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth) in Laos 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +464.7% | 0.5% | 2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.7% | 1.4% | 7.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 0.5% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.7% | 1.6% | 3.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Laos
More economy & growth data for Laos
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.39 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.6 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 60.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0083 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 19.21 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 52.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 14.03 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Laos?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Laos was 3.5% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4% in 2007.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2011.
- How does Laos rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Laos ranks 77th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.