Grassland — Area from MODIS in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 2,639 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, grassland — area from modis in Lao People's Democratic Republic stood at 2,639 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 47.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 2,639 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 991.07 1000 ha, in 2001.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 9th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 991.07 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,035 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 1,182 1000 ha | +14.2% |
| 2004 | 1,345 1000 ha | +13.8% |
| 2005 | 1,405 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 1,405 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,485 1000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 1,518 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 1,577 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 1,618 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 1,675 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 1,714 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 1,725 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1,794 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 1,816 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 1,750 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 1,775 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 1,904 1000 ha | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 2,102 1000 ha | +10.4% |
| 2020 | 2,302 1000 ha | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 2,430 1000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 2,630 1000 ha | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 2,593 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 2,639 1000 ha | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,327 1000 ha | 991.07 1000 ha | 1,577 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,787 1000 ha | 1,618 1000 ha | 2,102 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,519 1000 ha | 2,302 1000 ha | 2,639 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 6 Australia 207,497 1000 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,755 1000 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 18,648 1000 ha compare
- 7 Canada 203,741 1000 ha compare
- 8 Brazil 187,113 1000 ha compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,189 1000 ha compare
- 9 Mongolia 100,380 1000 ha compare
- 10 Sudan (former) 92,493 1000 ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 1,588 1000 ha compare
- 11 Argentina 86,322 1000 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 1,087 1000 ha compare
- 12 Sudan 67,533 1000 ha compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 947.58 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 0.825 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.318 °C (2025)
- Agricultural land — Area 2,201 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 72.61 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 1,598 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,874 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 9.54 % (2024)
- Country area — Area 23,680 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 31.3 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Grassland — area from modis in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 2,639 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 2,639 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 991.07 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 9th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.1%. 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 MODIS. 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.