Laos vs Vanuatu: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Laos
-0.3%
in 2025
Vanuatu
-0.3%
in 2025
Laos rank
180th
Vanuatu rank
179th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Laos
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Vanuatu currently reports -0.3% against -0.3% in Laos, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Vanuatu ahead.
Laos ranks 180th and Vanuatu ranks 179th of 227 countries.
Vanuatu has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Laos | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.2% | -0.2% | 0.0% | Vanuatu |
| 2000s | -0.3% | -0.2% | 0.0% | Vanuatu |
| 2010s | -0.3% | -0.3% | 0.1% | Vanuatu |
| 2020s | -0.3% | -0.3% | 0.0% | Vanuatu |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, Laos or Vanuatu?
- Vanuatu, at -0.3% against -0.3% in Laos as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between Laos and Vanuatu?
- 0.0%, with Vanuatu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Vanuatu?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Laos and Vanuatu rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Laos ranks 180th and Vanuatu ranks 179th of 227 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 vs. GDP per capita. 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.