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 9th out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 21,601 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 21,616 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 21,457 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 21,294 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 21,220 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 21,210 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 21,076 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 21,056 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 20,994 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 20,939 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 20,911 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 20,886 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 20,877 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 20,775 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 20,682 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 20,720 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 20,669 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 20,580 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 20,368 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 20,072 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 19,919 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 19,765 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 19,746 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 19,724 1000 ha | -0.1% |
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 |
Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 6 Indonesia 165,940 1000 ha compare
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- 7 Colombia 101,965 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 46,236 1000 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 23,082 1000 ha compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 95,988 1000 ha compare
- 9 Australia 80,274 1000 ha compare
- 10 Mexico 79,404 1000 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 15,715 1000 ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7,856 1000 ha compare
- 11 Peru 78,982 1000 ha compare
- 12 Angola 72,958 1000 ha compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,991 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 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 9th out of 20 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.