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Agriculture share of GDP — all countries

Agriculture share of GDP — Laos

Agriculture share of GDP in Laos in 2025 — 16.6%. Ranked 35 in the world out of 158. Since 1989, the indicator has fallen by 30.9 pp.

2025 16.6% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 35of 158
Period maximum 51.9%1997
Period minimum 14.9%2022

Trend over time

1989–2025 · % of GDP

Agriculture share of GDP — Laos, 1989–2025020406019891993199720012005200920132017202120251989: 47.5%1990: 46.5%1991: 44%1992: 46.7%1993: 43.4%1994: 44.1%1995: 42.2%1996: 40.5%1997: 51.9%1998: 33.9%1999: 34.3%2000: 33.6%2001: 32.7%2002: 33.4%2003: 32.1%2004: 30.5%2005: 28.3%2006: 26.7%2007: 25.8%2008: 24.2%2009: 24.2%2010: 22.6%2011: 20.8%2012: 18.5%2013: 17.9%2014: 17.8%2015: 17.6%2016: 17.2%2017: 16.2%2018: 15.7%2019: 16.1%2020: 16.3%2021: 16.1%2022: 14.9%2023: 16.1%2024: 16.8%2025: 16.6%
Change over the period: −30.9 pp Annual average: -0.86 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Laos

Laos 16.6%
World 4%
East Asia & Pacific 5.5%
South-Eastern Asia computed 9.7%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 15.4%
Agriculture share of GDP — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 16.6 −0.2 pp
2024 16.8 +0.6 pp
2023 16.1 +1.3 pp
2022 14.9 −1.2 pp
2021 16.1 −0.3 pp
2020 16.3 +0.3 pp
2019 16.1 +0.3 pp
2018 15.7 −0.5 pp
2017 16.2 −1 pp
2016 17.2 −0.4 pp
2015 17.6 −0.3 pp
2014 17.8 −0.1 pp
2013 17.9 −0.6 pp
2012 18.5 −2.2 pp
2011 20.8 −1.8 pp
2010 22.6 −1.6 pp
2009 24.2 +0 pp
2008 24.2 −1.6 pp
2007 25.8 −0.9 pp
2006 26.7 −1.6 pp
2005 28.3 −2.2 pp
2004 30.5 −1.6 pp
2003 32.1 −1.3 pp
2002 33.4 +0.7 pp
2001 32.7 −0.9 pp
2000 33.6 −0.7 pp
1999 34.3 +0.4 pp
1998 33.9 −17.9 pp
1997 51.9 +11.4 pp
1996 40.5 −1.7 pp
1995 42.2 −1.9 pp
1994 44.1 +0.7 pp
1993 43.4 −3.3 pp
1992 46.7 +2.8 pp
1991 44 −2.5 pp
1990 46.5 −1 pp
1989 47.5 —

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MM Myanmar 25.3 LA Laos 16.6 KH Cambodia 16.1 ID Indonesia 13.1 VN Vietnam 11.6 TH Thailand 8.7 PH Philippines 8.6 MY Malaysia 8.2 BN Brunei Darussalam 1.2 SG Singapore 0
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About the indicator

The share of value added by agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing in GDP. It is one of the most reliable indicators of the level of economic development: in low-income countries the sector delivers a quarter of GDP or more, in high-income ones usually less than 2%, even though the physical volume of output there can be far larger.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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