Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 1,526 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, grassland — area from cci_lc in Lao People's Democratic Republic stood at 1,526 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 1,526 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,294 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Lao People's Democratic Republic 27th out of 44 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,313 1000 ha | 1,294 1000 ha | 1,352 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,420 1000 ha | 1,364 1000 ha | 1,471 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,489 1000 ha | 1,476 1000 ha | 1,504 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,517 1000 ha | 1,509 1000 ha | 1,526 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 24 Niger 14,953 1000 ha compare
- 25 Kenya 14,904 1000 ha compare
- 26 Chad 14,658 1000 ha compare
- 27 New Zealand 14,176 1000 ha compare
- 28 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 11,677 1000 ha compare
- 29 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11,553 1000 ha compare
- 30 Uruguay 11,447 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.318 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.825 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area 1,598 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1,224 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.21 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 6.92 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 72.61 % (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 2,201 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 23,080 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 1,526 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 1,526 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,294 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 27th out of 44 regions with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grassland — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.