Botswana vs Laos: Forest area
Botswana
148,998 sq. km
in 2023
Laos
164,920 sq. km
in 2023
Botswana rank
44th
Laos rank
41st
Forest area over time
- Botswana
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 164,920 sq. km against 148,998 sq. km in Botswana, a difference of 15,922 sq. km.
That makes Laos's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Botswana ahead.
Globally, Botswana ranks 44th and Laos ranks 41st of 214 countries.
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About this data
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.