Ecuador vs Laos: Forest area
Ecuador
12.31 million hectares
in 2025
Laos
13.04 million hectares
in 2025
Ecuador rank
47th
Laos rank
46th
Forest area over time
- Ecuador
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 13.04 million hectares against 12.31 million hectares in Ecuador, a difference of 725,700 hectares.
That makes Laos's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 47th and Laos ranks 46th of 235 countries.
Laos has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.23 million hectares | 14.24 million hectares | 15,690 hectares | Laos |
| 2000s | 13.41 million hectares | 13.87 million hectares | 460,250 hectares | Laos |
| 2010s | 12.81 million hectares | 13.43 million hectares | 615,090 hectares | Laos |
| 2020s | 12.39 million hectares | 13.12 million hectares | 738,667 hectares | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest area, Ecuador or Laos?
- Laos, at 13.04 million hectares against 12.31 million hectares in Ecuador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest area between Ecuador and Laos?
- 725,700 hectares, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Laos?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and Laos rank globally for forest area?
- Ecuador ranks 47th and Laos ranks 46th of 235 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 Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.