Environment in Laos 698 indicators covering environment for Laos. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Forest rents 1.5% 2021 down 66.7% 46th Water withdrawals per capita 958.9 cubic meters per person 2023 down 10.9% 18th Water productivity, total (constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of) 2.66 2022 up 53.4% 166th Exported deforestation 5,851 hectares 2023 up 83.0% 31st Imported deforestation 388.63 hectares 2023 down 29.9% 149th Deforestation embedded in trade -5,462 hectares 2023 down 106.7% 158th Consumption-based deforestation per person 56.79 square meters 2023 up 159.4% 3rd Dissolving wood pulp — Production 323,000 t 2024 up 976.7% 13th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 1.49 Percentage of GDP 2021 down 66.7% 40th Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 91.4 Square kilometres 2024 up 45.1% 82nd Industrial water withdrawal 170.00 million cubic meters 2023 unchanged 89th Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity 0 t 2016 — 109th Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import value 0 1000 USD 2016 — 109th Total official financial flows for water supply and sanitation, by recipient 75.37 million millions of constant united states dollars 2024 up 39.2% 34th Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import quantity 0 t 2016 down 100.0% 124th Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import value 0 1000 USD 2016 down 100.0% 125th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 2,029 Hectares 2020 down 8.6% 108th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 1,224 Hectares 2020 down 12.6% 87th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 1,354 Hectares 2020 down 11.5% 95th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 16,596 Hectares 2020 down 2.0% 39th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 23,080 Hectares 2020 unchanged 73rd Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export quantity 26,698 t 2024 down 85.6% 11th Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export value 8,877 1000 USD 2024 down 87.8% 11th Land use hidden — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 270.25 Square kilometres 2023 up 319.6% 67th Freshwater Fish — Import quantity 0 1000 t 2023 — 141st Freshwater Fish — Domestic supply quantity 206 1000 t 2023 up 44.1% 32nd Freshwater Fish — Food 206 1000 t 2023 up 44.1% 32nd Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity 26.92 kg/cap 2023 up 24.6% 3rd Total donations received for biodiversity conservation 37.78 million millions of constant united states dollars 2024 down 31.9% 51st Freshwater Fish — Food supply 57.51 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 24.6% 3rd Freshwater Fish — Food supply 160,910 million Kcal 2023 up 44.5% 28th Freshwater Fish — Protein supply quantity 8.32 g/cap/d 2023 up 24.6% 2nd Freshwater Fish — Protein supply quantity 23,270 t 2023 up 44.5% 28th Freshwater Fish — Fat supply quantity 2.7 g/cap/d 2023 up 24.4% 3rd Freshwater Fish — Fat supply quantity 7,550 t 2023 up 44.5% 31st Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity 4 t 2016 down 99.9% 79th Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import value 2 1000 USD 2016 down 100.0% 84th Freshwater Fish — Production 206 1000 t 2023 up 44.1% 27th Freshwater Fish — Export quantity 0 1000 t 2023 — 99th Share of terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected 48.5% 2025 up 72.1% 112th Protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas 56.8% 2025 up 67.6% 78th Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) 30.1% 2025 up 83.2% 129th Average proportion of Mountain Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered 56.8% 2025 up 67.7% 82nd Average proportion of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) 48.5% 2025 up 72.1% 117th Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Import quantity 0 m3 2016 — 160th Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Import value 0 1000 USD 2016 — 157th Wood pellets — Import quantity 1 t 2024 down 75.0% 122nd Wood pellets — Import value 10 1000 USD 2024 up 900.0% 102nd Drivers of deforestation 18,937 hectares 2023 up 1,745.5% 17th Wood pellets, briquettes and other agglomerates — Import quantity 30 t 2024 up 100.0% 132nd Wood pellets, briquettes and other agglomerates — Import value 20 1000 USD 2024 down 33.3% 134th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 190.79 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 up 0.8% 117th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 50.89 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 down 17.9% 90th Wood briquettes and other agglomerates — Import quantity 29 t 2024 up 163.6% 111th Wood briquettes and other agglomerates — Import value 10 1000 USD 2024 down 65.5% 123rd Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Export value 197 1000 USD 2016 — 61st Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Export quantity 2,112 m3 2016 — 53rd Oriented strand board (OSB) — Export quantity 210 m3 2024 up 600.0% 56th Oriented strand board (OSB) — Export value 47 1000 USD 2024 up 327.3% 56th Roundwood, coniferous — Import quantity 4 m3 2024 — 207th ← Previous Page 10 of 12 Next →