Ecuador vs Laos: Share of global forest area
Ecuador
0.3%
in 2025
Laos
0.3%
in 2025
Ecuador rank
47th
Laos rank
46th
Share of global forest area over time
- Ecuador
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Ecuador, a difference of 0.0%.
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 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global forest area, Ecuador or Laos?
- Laos, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Ecuador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of global forest area between Ecuador and Laos?
- 0.0%, 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 share of global 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 Share of global forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.