Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added … capita current LCU in Laos
Laos: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added … capita current LCU was 7.90 million current LCU per person in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per in Laos, 1989–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current LCU per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current lcu), per in Laos is 7.90 million current LCU per person, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.9% on the previous year and up 160.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current lcu), per in Laos peaked at 7.90 million current LCU per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 47,174 current LCU per person, in 1989.
Laos ranks 5th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added … capita current LCU in Laos, year by year
| Year | current LCU per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 47,174 current LCU per person | — |
| 1990 | 66,018 current LCU per person | +39.9% |
| 1991 | 71,543 current LCU per person | +8.4% |
| 1992 | 82,760 current LCU per person | +15.7% |
| 1993 | 88,130 current LCU per person | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 101,550 current LCU per person | +15.2% |
| 1995 | 121,563 current LCU per person | +19.7% |
| 1996 | 138,510 current LCU per person | +13.9% |
| 1997 | 221,541 current LCU per person | +59.9% |
| 1998 | 273,052 current LCU per person | +23.3% |
| 1999 | 663,615 current LCU per person | +143.0% |
| 2000 | 844,493 current LCU per person | +27.3% |
| 2001 | 929,434 current LCU per person | +10.1% |
| 2002 | 1.05 million current LCU per person | +13.2% |
| 2003 | 1.20 million current LCU per person | +13.9% |
| 2004 | 1.32 million current LCU per person | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 1.41 million current LCU per person | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 1.57 million current LCU per person | +11.9% |
| 2007 | 1.73 million current LCU per person | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 1.87 million current LCU per person | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 1.93 million current LCU per person | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 2.10 million current LCU per person | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 2.27 million current LCU per person | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 2.32 million current LCU per person | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 2.55 million current LCU per person | +9.6% |
| 2014 | 2.84 million current LCU per person | +11.7% |
| 2015 | 3.03 million current LCU per person | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 3.22 million current LCU per person | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 3.25 million current LCU per person | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 3.36 million current LCU per person | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 3.61 million current LCU per person | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 3.82 million current LCU per person | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 3.94 million current LCU per person | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 4.27 million current LCU per person | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 5.90 million current LCU per person | +38.2% |
| 2024 | 7.18 million current LCU per person | +21.8% |
| 2025 | 7.90 million current LCU per person | +9.9% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 7.90 million current LCU per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 35,861 current LCU per person, 220.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Laos's 7.90 million current LCU per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,620 current LCU per person, 1709.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added … capita current LCU 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +143.0% | 273,052 current LCU per person | 663,615 current LCU per person |
| 1997 | +59.9% | 138,510 current LCU per person | 221,541 current LCU per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 47,174 current LCU per person | 47,174 current LCU per person | 47,174 current LCU per person | 1 |
| 1990s | 182,828 current LCU per person | 66,018 current LCU per person | 663,615 current LCU per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.38 million current LCU per person | 844,493 current LCU per person | 1.93 million current LCU per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.86 million current LCU per person | 2.10 million current LCU per person | 3.61 million current LCU per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.50 million current LCU per person | 3.82 million current LCU per person | 7.90 million current LCU per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Laos
- 2 Vietnam 14.72 million current LCU per person compare
- 3 Indonesia 10.92 million current LCU per person compare
- 4 Uzbekistan 8.27 million current LCU per person compare
- 6 Paraguay 6.17 million current LCU per person compare
- 7 Guinea 5.07 million current LCU per person compare
- 8 Lebanon 4.18 million current LCU per person compare
More economy & growth data for Laos
- 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)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0069 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current lcu), per in Laos?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current lcu), per in Laos was 7.90 million current LCU per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current lcu), per recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 7.90 million current LCU per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current lcu), per recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 47,174 current LCU per person in 1989.
- How does Laos rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current lcu), per?
- Laos ranks 5th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current lcu), per rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 160.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.