National Information Platforms for Nutrition

The compilation of agriculture data is the major activity of the Government of Lao PDR, providing nationwide information on agriculture, particularly crop production, livestock/poultry, and food security. The Agriculture Census is conducted every ten-years interval. The Provincial data on this page is extracted from the third Agriculture Census carried out in 2019/20 by the Lao Statistics Bureau, the Ministry of Planning and Investment in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and other related stakeholders.

Population Experiencing Shortage of Food (%)

Source: Agriculture Census of Lao PDR (2019/2020)

Livestock/Poultry by province (Unit: Thousand head)

North
	13.7
	30.8
	57.1
	70.0
	164.3
	97.9
	231.8

Central
	62.7
	153.0
	166.7
	102.0
	115.4
	470.2
	58.0

South
	137.0
	20.9
	179.0
	34.8

North
	12.5
	11.6
	12.8
	14.6
	46.6
	30.2
	54.8

Central
	14.3
	25.6
	33.8
	31.3
	38.0
	99.8
	8.6

South
	28.3
	9.4
	39.4
	29.8

North
	20.0
	16.8
	34.8
	22.4
	80.5
	44.4
	41.0

Central
	29.9
	25.9
	33.8
	18.0
	19.7
	54.2
	5.9

South
	28.4
	9.8
	15.6
	8.3

North
	3.6
	11.2
	29.3
	13.0
	36.3
	9.4
	9.1

Central
	11.7
	6.7
	8.9
	16.2
	37.1
	156.0
	2.0

South
	27.7
	2.4
	17.9
	7.7

North
	27.2
	58.2
	79.3
	15.0
	117.4
	29.8
	66.7

Central
	67.9
	106.1
	316.5
	52.1
	72.5
	280.9
	20.2

South
	145.0
	12.8
	127.6
	58.8

North
	367.9
	464.6
	674.8
	377.8
	1,150
	679.4
	1,257

Central
	357.8
	682.2
	997.1
	526.1
	445.5
	1710.6
	169.2

South
	579.2
	151.8
	1,065.0
	244.9

North
	0.2
	28.8
	1.3
	1.0
	304.7
	0.4
	-

Central
	77.2
	-
	1.6
	-
	0.1
	0.2
	-

South
	0.2
	-
	0.6
	0.4