Laos vs Thailand: Drivers of deforestation

Laos
18,937 hectares
in 2023
Thailand
16,122 hectares
in 2023
Laos rank
17th
Thailand rank
19th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Laos
  • Thailand
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How they compare

Laos currently reports 18,937 hectares against 16,122 hectares in Thailand, a difference of 2,815 hectares.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.2 times Thailand's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2009 it was Thailand ahead.

Laos ranks 17th and Thailand ranks 19th of 166 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Drivers of deforestation
Unit
hectares
Source
Singh et al. (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
166 places, 2,829 data points, 2001–2023
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Estimates of commodity-driven deforestation, measured in hectares per year. This includes deforestation caused by the production of agricultural products and forestry, which account for approximately 90% of the world's deforestation.