Lao PDR - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Lao PDR was 165,955 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 178,430 in 1990 and a minimum value of 165,955 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 178,430
1991 178,012
1992 177,594
1993 177,176
1994 176,758
1995 176,340
1996 175,922
1997 175,504
1998 175,086
1999 174,668
2000 174,250
2001 173,766
2002 173,281
2003 172,797
2004 172,312
2005 171,828
2006 171,343
2007 170,859
2008 170,374
2009 169,890
2010 169,405
2011 169,060
2012 168,715
2013 168,370
2014 168,025
2015 167,680
2016 167,335
2017 166,990
2018 166,645
2019 166,300
2020 165,955

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Lao PDR was 71.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 77.31 in 1990, while its lowest value was 71.90 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 77.31
1991 77.13
1992 76.95
1993 76.77
1994 76.58
1995 76.40
1996 76.22
1997 76.04
1998 75.86
1999 75.68
2000 75.50
2001 75.29
2002 75.08
2003 74.87
2004 74.66
2005 74.45
2006 74.24
2007 74.03
2008 73.82
2009 73.61
2010 73.40
2011 73.25
2012 73.10
2013 72.95
2014 72.80
2015 72.65
2016 72.50
2017 72.35
2018 72.20
2019 72.05
2020 71.90

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use