Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index was 183.43 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
In 2025, sweet potatoes — producer price index in Lao People's Democratic Republic stood at 183.43. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.8% on the previous year and up 74.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — producer price index in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 183.43 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2.24, in 1991.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.24 | — |
| 1992 | 2.33 | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 2.43 | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 2.53 | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 2.77 | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 3.4 | +22.7% |
| 1997 | 5.74 | +68.8% |
| 1998 | 6.89 | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 12.05 | +74.9% |
| 2000 | 14.83 | +23.1% |
| 2001 | 17.79 | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 20.91 | +17.5% |
| 2003 | 24.2 | +15.7% |
| 2004 | 30.64 | +26.6% |
| 2005 | 34.74 | +13.4% |
| 2006 | 31.05 | -10.6% |
| 2007 | 36.19 | +16.6% |
| 2008 | 42.07 | +16.2% |
| 2009 | 47.98 | +14.0% |
| 2010 | 53.92 | +12.4% |
| 2011 | 56.46 | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 65.36 | +15.8% |
| 2013 | 85.99 | +31.6% |
| 2014 | 103.28 | +20.1% |
| 2015 | 104.85 | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 91.87 | -12.4% |
| 2017 | 98.09 | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 104.31 | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 110.53 | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 119.91 | +8.5% |
| 2021 | 129.07 | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 138.75 | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 153.64 | +10.7% |
| 2024 | 168.53 | +9.7% |
| 2025 | 183.43 | +8.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Lao People's Democratic Republic 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 | +74.9% | 6.89 | 12.05 |
| 1997 | +68.8% | 3.4 | 5.74 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.49 | 2.24 | 12.05 | 9 |
| 2000s | 30.04 | 14.83 | 47.98 | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.47 | 53.92 | 110.53 | 10 |
| 2020s | 148.89 | 119.91 | 183.43 | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 22,420 million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value Standard Local Currency 78.08 million million SLC (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita, 2015 prices 2.85 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 4.26 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita -4.28 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ -2.97 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth Standard Local Currency, 2015 4.26 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth Standard Local Currency 18.76 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices 182.22 million million SLC (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 1,874 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — producer price index in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Sweet potatoes — producer price index in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 183.43 in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — producer price index recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 183.43 in 2025.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — producer price index recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.24 in 1991.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for sweet potatoes — producer price index?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 1st out of 5 countries with data for 2025.
- Is sweet potatoes — producer price index rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.