Tree-covered areas β€” Area from CCI_LC in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lao People's Democratic Republic: Tree-covered areas β€” Area from CCI_LC was 10,787 1000 ha in 2022. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2022)
10,787 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
27th
of 44 regions
All-time high
11,209 1000 ha
in 2000
All-time low
10,613 1000 ha
in 1995
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Tree-covered areas β€” Area from CCI_LC in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1992–2022

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k1992200720221992: 10.7k 1000 ha1993: 10.7k 1000 ha1994: 10.7k 1000 ha1995: 10.6k 1000 ha1996: 10.8k 1000 ha1997: 11.0k 1000 ha1998: 11.1k 1000 ha1999: 11.1k 1000 ha2000: 11.2k 1000 ha2001: 11.1k 1000 ha2002: 11.0k 1000 ha2003: 11.0k 1000 ha2004: 11.0k 1000 ha2005: 11.0k 1000 ha2006: 10.9k 1000 ha2007: 10.9k 1000 ha2008: 10.8k 1000 ha2009: 10.8k 1000 ha2010: 10.8k 1000 ha2011: 10.8k 1000 ha2012: 10.8k 1000 ha2013: 10.8k 1000 ha2014: 10.8k 1000 ha2015: 10.8k 1000 ha2016: 10.8k 1000 ha2017: 10.8k 1000 ha2018: 10.7k 1000 ha2019: 10.7k 1000 ha2020: 10.7k 1000 ha2021: 10.7k 1000 ha2022: 10.8k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for tree-covered areas β€” area from cci_lc in Lao People's Democratic Republic is 10,787 1000 ha, measured in 2022.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas β€” area from cci_lc in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 11,209 1000 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 10,613 1000 ha, in 1995.

Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 27th of 44 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 10,836 1000 ha 10,613 1000 ha 11,122 1000 ha 8
2000s 10,980 1000 ha 10,791 1000 ha 11,209 1000 ha 10
2010s 10,763 1000 ha 10,714 1000 ha 10,779 1000 ha 10
2020s 10,750 1000 ha 10,718 1000 ha 10,787 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic

  1. 24 South Sudan, Republic of 25,502 1000 ha compare
  2. 25 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 25,465 1000 ha compare
  3. 26 Japan 25,112 1000 ha compare
  4. 27 Gabon 23,307 1000 ha compare
  5. 28 Finland 22,515 1000 ha compare
  6. 29 Madagascar, Republic of 22,264 1000 ha compare
  7. 30 Nigeria 22,091 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas β€” area from cci_lc in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Tree-covered areas β€” area from cci_lc in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 10,787 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest tree-covered areas β€” area from cci_lc recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
The highest recorded value was 11,209 1000 ha in 2000.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas β€” area from cci_lc recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
The lowest recorded value was 10,613 1000 ha in 1995.
How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for tree-covered areas β€” area from cci_lc?
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 27th out of 44 regions with data for 2022.
Is tree-covered areas β€” area from cci_lc rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
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 Tree-covered areas β€” Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Tree-covered areas β€” Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

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 UniversitΓ© 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.