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Lao PDR — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Lao PDR, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
71.46%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -7.6% since 1990
Forest area for Lao PDR was 71.46% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 77.31% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.24% per year.
Lao PDR ranks 16 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 7%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 47.72%, so Lao PDR sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 8% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
71.46%
First (1990)
77.31%
Change
-7.6%
Highest
77.31%
in 1990
Lowest
71.46%
in 2023
Average
74.25%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.24%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 71.46% |
| 2022 | 71.61% |
| 2021 | 71.75% |
| 2020 | 71.9% |
| 2019 | 72.05% |
| 2018 | 72.2% |
| 2017 | 72.35% |
| 2016 | 72.5% |
| 2015 | 72.65% |
| 2014 | 72.8% |
| 2013 | 72.95% |
| 2012 | 73.1% |
Reading this correctly. Land under naturally regenerated or planted stands of trees of at least five meters in situ, as a share of total land area. Figures are in % of land area. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.