Laos
Forest area in Laos
Forest area in Laos: 62.4% in 1990 and 56.6% in 2024, by FAO estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 56.6%
- Since 1990
- −5.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 41 of 209
- counting from the highest
% of land · FAO
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Laos | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 56.6 | – |
| 2023 | 56.8 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 56.9 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 57.1 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 57.3 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 57.4 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 57.5 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 57.7 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 57.8 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 57.9 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 58.2 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 58.4 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 58.7 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 58.9 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 59.2 | 32 |
| 2009 | 59.4 | 32 |
| 2008 | 59.5 | 32 |
| 2007 | 59.7 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 59.9 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 60 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 60.2 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 60.4 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 60.5 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 60.7 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 60.9 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 61 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 61.2 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 61.3 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 61.5 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 61.6 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 61.8 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 61.9 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 62.1 | 33 |
| 1991 | 62.2 | – |
| 1990 | 62.4 | – |
Good to know
- 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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- Military spending0.19% of GDP in 2013
- Military spending in US dollars$21.8M in 2013
- Military spending per person$3 in 2013
- Military share of state spending0.8% of government spending in 2013
- Armed forces personnel129,000 people in 2020
- National power0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers4.08% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports7 million TIV in 2024