Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 7,227 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Shrub-covered areas — 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, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Lao People's Democratic Republic stood at 7,227 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 8,064 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 7,227 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Lao People's Democratic Republic 7th out of 20 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 8,064 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 8,064 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 8,064 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 8,061 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 7,803 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 7,543 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 7,473 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 7,336 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 7,228 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 7,258 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 7,321 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 7,334 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 7,293 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 7,314 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 7,311 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 7,310 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 7,325 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 7,354 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 7,353 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 7,343 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 7,338 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 7,325 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 7,314 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 7,314 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7,331 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 7,332 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7,333 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7,310 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 7,293 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 7,263 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 7,227 1000 ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,801 1000 ha | 7,336 1000 ha | 8,064 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 7,305 1000 ha | 7,228 1000 ha | 7,354 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,329 1000 ha | 7,310 1000 ha | 7,353 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,261 1000 ha | 7,227 1000 ha | 7,293 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 4 Russian Federation 136,116 1000 ha compare
- 5 Argentina 98,450 1000 ha compare
- 6 Mexico 70,432 1000 ha compare
- 7 South Africa 64,444 1000 ha compare
- 8 Canada 58,090 1000 ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia 48,006 1000 ha compare
- 10 Sudan (former) 45,490 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 shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 7,227 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 8,064 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,227 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 7th out of 20 regions with data for 2022.
- Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Shrub-covered areas — 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.