Lao PDR
A web-based facility for storing and access of sub-national agricultural statistical data files from the country source. National focal points are responsible for maintaining the database.
INTRODUCTION OF LAO PDR
Name of Country: Lao People ’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), since the liberation in 1975
- Total land Area: 236,800 sq.km, 70% of its terrain is mountainous
- Population: 5.61 million (Male: 2.79 million, Female: 2.81 million) 80% of the populations live in rural areas
- Population Density: 24.0 pers per sq.km
- Average Household Size: 5.9 pers per household
- Sharing Borders with: China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam
- Administrative Country: 16 provinces, 1 municipality and 1 special Region, 142 districts, 10,873 villages
- GDP per capita: 350 US Dollars (20020 Agriculture Sector: It makes up highest share of the GDP, 50%, followed by Service (25%) and Industry (24%);
- Staple Food Crops: Rice is the main staple which is grown by 614,000 households, constituting 77 percent of the total households.
- Lao PDR is classified as one of the least developed country in the World and the Gov. has ambitiously planned to get rid off poverty and to be out of LDCs by 2020.
Profile of the Lao PDR
- Background [PDF format, 82kb]
- Farming system-Agriculture [PDF format, 239kb]
- Farming system-Livestock [PDF format, 410kb]
- Other characteristics [PDF format, 135kb]
STATISTICS DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
The Statistics Division of the Department of Planning of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has been assigned the collection and compilation of data related to agriculture and livestock from various sources to prepare and distribute a yearly bulletin on agriculture and forestry statistics. The division also undertakes the collection of data on prices of agricultural commodities and of inputs for agricultural production. It is also responsible for the cooperation and coordination with other relevant agencies over specific survey activities, for example surveys on key foodstuffs, livestock survey, agricultural acreage and measurement survey, or survey on household production costs and the socio-economic situation of farmers. However, such surveys are conducted on a pilot basis in a few provinces only.
General Status of the System of Food and Agriculture Statistics in Lao PDR
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic has a decentralized statistical system. The National Statistical Centre (NSC) under the State Committee for Planning and Cooperation coordinates national statistical activities among governmental organizations and is responsible for basic socio-economic statistics, population and other non-agricultural censuses and for economic calculations such as the national accounts, GDP, etc. In the field of agricultural statistics, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) takes charge of an annual survey and of the publication of agricultural statistics. [Download Report in PDF format, 59 kb]
Proceedings on the National Seminar on the System Food and Agriculture Statistics in Lao PDR, 3-4 August 2000
The first National Seminar on the System of Food and Agriculture Statistics in Lao People’s Democratic Republic was held on 3-4 August 2000 at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) in Vientiane. It was organized within the framework of the FAO project GCP/RAS/171/JPN for the improvement of agricultural statistics in Asia and Pacific countries.
Executive Summary, Speeches and List of Participants [PDF format, 79 kb]
Resource Papers [PDF format, 112 kb]
Contact address of Food and Agricultural Statistics in Lao PDR
Statistics Division
Department of Planning
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
P.O. Box 811,
Vientiane
Tel: (856-21) 415359
Fax: (856-21) 451715
E-mail: savanhphom@yahoo.com
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