Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Laos
Laos: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita was -0.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Laos, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Laos stood at -0.3%.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Laos peaked at -0.2% in 2016 and was at its lowest, -0.4%, in 2015.
Laos ranks 180th of 227 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.3% | -0.3% | -0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.3% | -0.4% | -0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.3% | -0.3% | -0.2% | 6 |
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More environment data for Laos
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 41.55 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.35 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 9.63 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.5411 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.65 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0059 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 12.32 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0081 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.4771 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Laos?
- Annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Laos was -0.3% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was -0.2% in 2016.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.4% in 2015.
- How does Laos rank for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Laos ranks 180th out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.