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Lao PDR - Forest Area 2002

Name: Lao PDR Forest Area 2002
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Forest area as % of land area · World Bank

75.08% −0.21% from 2001 Global rank: 12th

Lao PDR's forest area was 75.08% in 2002, decreased +0.21% from 75.29% in 2001. This was the 12th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2002▾

Forest Area by Country - 2002
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Suriname	95.53%	0.0%
2nd	Guyana	94.26%	0.0%
3rd	Equatorial Guinea	92.65%	-0.3%
4th	Gabon	91.94%	0.0%
5th	Micronesia, Federated States of	91.31%	0.0%
6th	Solomon Islands	90.61%	0.0%
7th	American Samoa	88.35%	-0.2%
8th	Palau	86.47%	0.2%
9th	Liberia	84.74%	-0.4%
10th	Papua New Guinea	80.06%	0.0%
11th	Guinea-Bissau	75.82%	-0.4%
12th	Lao PDR	75.08%	-0.3%
13th	Brunei Darussalam	74.69%	-0.4%
14th	Finland	73.56%	-0.1%
15th	Seychelles	73.26%	0.0%
16th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	73.18%	0.0%
17th	Sweden	69.09%	0.0%
18th	Northern Mariana Islands	68.77%	-0.5%
19th	Japan	68.30%	0.0%
20th	Korea	66.72%	-0.2%
21st	Bhutan	65.98%	0.4%
22nd	Brazil	64.99%	-0.7%
23rd	Congo, Republic of	64.92%	-0.1%
24th	Dominica	63.83%	0.0%
25th	Timor-Leste	63.64%	-0.1%
26th	Belize	63.38%	-0.5%
27th	Zambia	63.20%	-0.1%
28th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	62.88%	-0.5%
29th	Angola	61.44%	-0.7%
30th	Slovenia	61.36%	0.1%
31st	Cambodia	60.86%	-0.2%
32nd	São Tomé and Principe	60.74%	0.0%
33rd	Honduras	60.22%	-0.3%
34th	Samoa	60.19%	-0.3%
35th	Tanzania	59.75%	-0.7%
36th	Malaysia	59.48%	-0.4%
37th	Panama	59.45%	-0.3%
38th	Peru	58.63%	-0.2%
39th	Virgin Islands (US)	57.32%	-1.0%
40th	Colombia	56.20%	-0.3%
41st	Paraguay	56.15%	-1.5%
42nd	Costa Rica	56.01%	0.0%
43rd	Fiji	55.82%	0.7%
44th	Ecuador	54.72%	-0.5%
45th	Indonesia	53.77%	-0.2%
46th	Cayman Islands	53.70%	-0.2%
47th	Estonia	53.27%	0.4%
48th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	53.25%	-0.3%
49th	Latvia	52.50%	0.4%
50th	Myanmar	52.30%	-1.0%
51st	Marshall Islands	52.22%	0.0%
52nd	Grenada	52.06%	0.0%
53rd	Mozambique	51.81%	-0.5%
54th	Bahamas, The	50.94%	0.0%
55th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	50.49%	-0.4%
56th	Puerto Rico (US)	49.79%	1.4%
57th	Russian Federation	49.47%	0.1%
58th	Jamaica	48.80%	0.7%
59th	Zimbabwe	47.24%	-0.3%
60th	Austria	46.57%	0.1%
61st	Trinidad and Tobago	45.97%	-0.2%
62nd	New Caledonia	45.85%	0.0%
63rd	Senegal	45.58%	-0.4%
64th	Cameroon	45.39%	-0.3%
65th	Guam	44.44%	0.0%
66th	Nicaragua	42.85%	-2.3%
67th	French Polynesia	42.85%	0.1%
68th	St. Kitts and Nevis	42.31%	0.0%
69th	Liechtenstein	41.87%	0.0%
70th	Dominican Republic	41.25%	0.5%
71st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.21%	0.0%
72nd	Belarus	41.14%	0.4%
73rd	Nepal	40.58%	0.3%
74th	Sierra Leone	40.04%	-0.7%
75th	Georgia	39.90%	0.2%
76th	Slovak Republic	39.60%	0.1%
77th	Viet Nam	38.98%	1.5%
78th	Canada	38.78%	0.0%
79th	Guatemala	38.37%	-1.2%
80th	European Union	38.24%	0.3%
81st	Ghana	38.09%	-1.0%
82nd	North Macedonia	37.68%	0.0%
83rd	Thailand	37.61%	0.6%
84th	New Zealand	37.41%	0.0%
85th	Central African Republic	36.67%	-0.1%
86th	Vanuatu	36.28%	0.0%
87th	Portugal	35.79%	-0.1%
88th	Benin	35.79%	-1.2%
89th	Mexico	35.03%	-0.2%
90th	Spain	34.84%	0.7%
91st	St. Lucia	34.36%	-0.1%
92nd	Sri Lanka	34.35%	-0.3%
93rd	Czechia	34.18%	0.1%
94th	Gambia, The	34.18%	-1.6%
95th	Andorra	34.04%	0.0%
96th	Croatia	33.84%	0.2%
97th	Luxembourg	33.83%	0.2%
98th	Tuvalu	33.33%	0.0%
99th	United States	33.24%	0.2%
100th	Norway	33.16%	0.0%
101st	Lithuania	32.71%	0.7%
102nd	Germany	32.58%	0.1%
103rd	El Salvador	32.09%	-0.7%
104th	Malawi	31.80%	-1.4%
105th	Bulgaria	31.69%	2.8%
106th	Botswana	30.67%	-0.7%
107th	Switzerland	30.46%	0.3%
108th	Poland	29.75%	0.3%
109th	France	28.79%	0.7%
110th	Italy	28.75%	0.8%
111th	Greece	28.40%	0.8%
112th	Albania	28.17%	0.2%
113th	Guinea	27.91%	-0.5%
114th	Romania	27.82%	0.2%
115th	Eswatini	27.66%	0.3%
116th	Nigeria	26.97%	-0.7%
117th	Türkiye	26.42%	0.5%
118th	Burkina Faso	26.01%	-0.7%
119th	Singapore	25.42%	-0.3%
120th	British Virgin Islands	24.43%	-0.1%
121st	Philippines	24.20%	-0.6%
122nd	Cuba	23.82%	3.0%
123rd	Togo	23.21%	-0.2%
124th	India	22.86%	0.3%
125th	Madagascar	22.25%	-0.4%
126th	Belgium	22.15%	0.3%
127th	Comoros	21.93%	-1.1%
128th	Hungary	21.72%	0.6%
129th	Chile	21.52%	0.6%
130th	Antigua and Barbuda	21.17%	-0.7%
131st	Mauritius	20.31%	-0.9%
132nd	China	19.36%	1.3%
133rd	Cyprus	18.60%	0.1%
134th	Bermuda	18.52%	0.0%
135th	Australia	17.10%	-0.2%
136th	San Marino	16.67%	0.0%
137th	Ukraine	16.43%	0.0%
138th	Uganda	15.42%	-1.3%
139th	Côte d'Ivoire	15.31%	-2.3%
140th	Bangladesh	14.70%	-0.2%
141st	Barbados	14.65%	0.0%
142nd	South Africa	14.60%	-0.2%
143rd	Denmark	14.36%	0.3%
144th	Haiti	13.80%	-0.1%
145th	Lebanon	13.49%	-0.1%
146th	Tonga	12.43%	0.0%
147th	Morocco	12.41%	0.3%
148th	United Kingdom	12.30%	0.4%
149th	Azerbaijan	12.06%	0.4%
150th	Argentina	11.97%	-1.0%
151st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	11.73%	-1.0%
152nd	Armenia	11.67%	-0.1%
153rd	Rwanda	11.46%	-0.8%
154th	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.07%	0.0%
155th	Eritrea	11.01%	-0.3%
156th	Mali	10.90%	0.0%
157th	Netherlands	10.73%	0.4%
158th	Moldova	10.66%	0.9%
159th	Cabo Verde	10.00%	0.7%
160th	Namibia	9.62%	-0.9%
161st	Ireland	9.41%	1.4%
162nd	Mongolia	9.21%	-0.1%
163rd	Turkmenistan	8.78%	0.0%
164th	Uruguay	8.24%	2.6%
165th	Burundi	7.55%	0.0%
166th	Israel	7.08%	0.1%
167th	Uzbekistan	6.97%	1.3%
168th	Kenya	6.84%	-0.9%
169th	Kyrgyz Republic	6.21%	0.4%
170th	Isle of Man	6.07%	0.0%
171st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	5.89%	1.4%
172nd	Pakistan	5.74%	-0.9%
173rd	Chad	4.91%	-1.3%
174th	Channel Islands	4.38%	2.2%
175th	United Arab Emirates	4.38%	0.3%
176th	Tunisia	4.32%	0.3%
177th	Tajikistan	2.93%	0.0%
178th	Maldives	2.73%	0.0%
179th	Syrian Arab Republic	2.42%	1.4%
180th	Aruba	2.33%	0.0%
181st	Iraq	1.87%	0.1%
182nd	Afghanistan	1.85%	0.0%
183rd	West Bank and Gaza	1.54%	0.9%
184th	Kiribati	1.46%	0.0%
185th	Kazakhstan	1.16%	-0.2%
186th	Lesotho	1.14%	0.0%
187th	Jordan	1.10%	0.0%
188th	Malta	1.09%	0.0%
189th	Yemen, Republic of	1.04%	0.0%
190th	Niger	1.03%	-0.9%
191st	Algeria	0.69%	2.1%
192nd	Bahrain	0.56%	3.9%
193rd	Saudi Arabia	0.45%	0.0%
194th	Mauritania	0.40%	-1.3%
195th	Iceland	0.33%	4.7%
196th	Kuwait	0.29%	2.8%
197th	Djibouti	0.24%	0.0%
198th	Libya	0.12%	0.0%
199th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.06%	1.1%
200th	Faroe Islands	0.06%	0.0%
201st	Oman	0.01%	0.0%
202nd	Greenland	0.00%	0.0%
203rd	Gibraltar	0.00%	-
204th	Monaco	0.00%	-
205th	Nauru	0.00%	-
206th	Qatar	0.00%	-

FAQ

What was Lao PDR's forest area in 2002?▾

Lao PDR's forest area in 2002 was 75.08%. This ranked 12th globally.

How did Lao PDR's forest area change in 2002?▾

Lao PDR's forest area decreased by 0.3% in 2002 compared to 2001.

Which country had the highest forest area in 2002?▾

Suriname had the highest forest area in 2002 at 95.53%.

What is the forest area of Lao PDR in 2002?▾

The forest area of Lao PDR in 2002 was 75.08%. This ranked 12th globally.

How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Lao PDR's forest area?▾

Lao PDR's forest area went from 75.29% in 2001 to 75.08% in 2002, a 0.3% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Lao PDR matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2002. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 6.4%. View full analysis →

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