Bhutan vs Laos: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area
Bhutan
-0.3%
in 2025
Laos
-0.3%
in 2025
Bhutan rank
184th
Laos rank
181st
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area over time
- Bhutan
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports -0.3% against -0.3% in Bhutan, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Bhutan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 184th and Laos ranks 181st of 228 countries.
Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | -0.2% | 0.6% | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 0.4% | -0.3% | 0.7% | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 0.1% | -0.3% | 0.4% | Bhutan |
| 2020s | -0.3% | -0.3% | 0.0% | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area as a share of forest area, Bhutan or Laos?
- Laos, at -0.3% against -0.3% in Bhutan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area as a share of forest area between Bhutan and Laos?
- 0.0%, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Laos?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Laos rank globally for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Bhutan ranks 184th and Laos ranks 181st of 228 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.