Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 19,724 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — 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
Lao People's Democratic Republic recorded 19,724 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 21,616 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 19,724 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Lao People's Democratic Republic 42nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21,280 1000 ha | 20,994 1000 ha | 21,616 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 20,741 1000 ha | 20,368 1000 ha | 20,939 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,845 1000 ha | 19,724 1000 ha | 20,072 1000 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 27.39 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1,224 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 55.61 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 374.27 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 602.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 600 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 31.3 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 500.22 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 23,680 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 19,724 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 21,616 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,724 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 42nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. 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 Tree-covered areas — 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.