Laos vs Norway: Forest area

Laos

13.04 million hectares

in 2025

Norway

12.11 million hectares

in 2025

Laos rank

46th

Norway rank

48th

Forest area over time

Laos
Norway

How they compare

Laos currently reports 13.04 million hectares against 12.11 million hectares in Norway, a difference of 927,400 hectares.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.1 times Norway's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Laos has been ahead every year.

Laos ranks 46th and Norway ranks 48th of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Laos
Forest area in Norway
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Forest area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.