Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lao People's Democratic Republic: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 56.26 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
56.26 1000 ha
Change on year
up 10.6%
World rank
12th
of 18 countries
All-time high
56.26 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
29.95 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2015–2019

02040602015201720192015: 29.9 1000 ha2016: 40.1 1000 ha2017: 44.2 1000 ha2018: 50.9 1000 ha2019: 56.3 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

In 2019, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lao People's Democratic Republic stood at 56.26 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 10.6% on the previous year and up 87.8% over five years.

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year

Annual values for Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 29.95 1000 ha
2016 40.13 1000 ha +34.0%
2017 44.16 1000 ha +10.0%
2018 50.88 1000 ha +15.2%
2019 56.26 1000 ha +10.6%

Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic

  1. 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 117.05 1000 ha compare
  2. 9 South Sudan 2,735 1000 ha compare
  3. 10 Türkiye 90.35 1000 ha compare
  4. 10 Australia and New Zealand 2,530 1000 ha compare
  5. 11 Australia 2,354 1000 ha compare
  6. 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 61.86 1000 ha compare
  7. 12 Zambia 2,320 1000 ha compare
  8. 13 Mexico 2,260 1000 ha compare
  9. 13 Republic of Moldova 28.57 1000 ha compare
  10. 14 Colombia 2,187 1000 ha compare
  11. 14 Timor-Leste 10.53 1000 ha compare
  12. 15 Paraguay 2,021 1000 ha compare
  13. 15 Polynesia 6.24 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 56.26 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
The highest recorded value was 56.26 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
The lowest recorded value was 29.95 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 12th out of 18 countries with data for 2019.
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 Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 1,190 data points, 2015–2019
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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.