Laos vs Vietnam: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 56.6% in Laos and 47.1% in Vietnam, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Laos, by 9.5 percentage points, or 1.2 times that in Vietnam.

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% of land · FAO

LaosVietnamWorld

What the numbers say

Laos has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Laos ranked 41 and Vietnam ranked 64 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Laos	Vietnam	World
2024	56.6	47.1	–
2023	56.8	47	31.1
2022	56.9	47	31.1
2021	57.1	46.9	31.2
2020	57.3	46.8	31.2
2019	57.4	46.4	31.2
2018	57.5	46	31.3
2017	57.7	45.7	31.3
2016	57.8	45.3	31.3
2015	57.9	44.9	31.4
2014	58.2	44.4	31.4
2013	58.4	44.1	31.4
2012	58.7	43.6	31.5
2011	58.9	43.2	31.9
2010	59.2	42.7	32
2009	59.4	42.3	32
2008	59.5	41.8	32
2007	59.7	41.3	32.1
2006	59.9	40.8	32.1
2005	60	40.2	32.1
2004	60.2	40.1	32.2
2003	60.4	39.6	32.3
2002	60.5	39	32.3
2001	60.7	38.4	32.3
2000	60.9	37.9	32.4
1999	61	35.5	32.5
1998	61.2	34.7	32.5
1997	61.3	34	32.6
1996	61.5	33.2	32.7
1995	61.6	32.5	32.7
1994	61.8	31.8	32.8
1993	61.9	31	32.8
1992	62.1	30.3	33
1991	62.2	29.6	–
1990	62.4	28.8	–

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The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Laos vs Vietnam: Forest area

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