Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 3.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 7.4% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2011.
That places Lao People's Democratic Republic 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 in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 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% |
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 |
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More economy & growth data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 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)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 6,670 BoP, current US$ (2022)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per person (2022)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 988.46 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -44.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0599 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 127.22 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 25.05 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Lao People's Democratic Republic 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4% in 2007.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2011.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 77th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. 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 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.