Environment in Laos

662 indicators covering environment for Laos.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Capture fisheries production 78,795 metric tons 2024 up 30.8% 89th
Aquaculture production 153,504 metric tons 2024 up 69.9% 33rd
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 0.1027 Mt CO2e 2024 up 15.5% 106th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0346 Mt CO2e 2024 up 15.7% 113th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0611 Mt CO2e 2024 up 61,000.0% 56th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.17 Mt CO2e 2024 up 43.7% 92nd
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes 0.405 Mt CO2e 2024 up 110.5% 81st
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0101 Mt CO2e 2024 up 17.4% 91st
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0068 Mt CO2e 2024 up 6.2% 78th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0583 Mt CO2e 2024 up 3.4% 97th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture 2.49 Mt CO2e 2024 up 36.6% 82nd
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) 2.65 Mt CO2e 2024 up 18.8% 117th
Carbon intensity of GDP 1.23 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 277.9% 10th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 16.47 Mt CO2e 2024 53rd
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.35 t CO2e/capita 2024 up 412.5% 89th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 26.06 Mt CO2e 2024 up 494.0% 79th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes 5.3 Mt CO2e 2024 up 510.5% 49th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 1.52 Mt CO2e 2024 up 20.3% 100th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0188 Mt CO2e 2024 up 571.4% 121st
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0836 Mt CO2e 2024 up 798.9% 161st
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.4771 Mt CO2e 2024 up 32.5% 144th
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0081 Mt CO2e 2024 up 9.5% 131st
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.005 Mt CO2e 2024 up 4,900.0% 99th
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 12.32 Mt CO2e 2024 up 25.9% 89th
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0059 Mt CO2e 2024 up 47.5% 95th
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.65 Mt CO2e 2024 up 144.4% 85th
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.5411 Mt CO2e 2024 up 15.9% 67th
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 9.63 Mt CO2e 2024 up 16.5% 59th
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.35 t CO2e/capita 2024 up 118.9% 80th
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 41.55 Mt CO2e 2024 up 153.7% 88th
Veneer sheets — Import value 113 1000 USD 2024 down 35.1% 150th
Wood-based panels — Export value 1,816 1000 USD 2024 up 10.5% 105th
Wood-based panels — Export quantity 4,172 m3 2024 up 18.9% 110th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per capita 0 m3 per person 2024 down 78.9% 117th
Chemical wood pulp — Import value 10,021 1000 USD 2024 94th
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity 15,016 t 2024 89th
Wood-based panels — Production 55,000 m3 2024 up 7.8% 92nd
Plywood and LVL — Export value 1,746 1000 USD 2024 up 7.5% 93rd
Plywood and LVL — Export quantity 3,939 m3 2024 up 13.9% 91st
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2000 down 166.7% 136th
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 29.6% 141st
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 4,900.0% 129th
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per square 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% 166th
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 35.1% 185th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 760.2% 186th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 538.5% 129th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 6.7% 137th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 782.3% 66th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 552.7% 114th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt) 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 82nd
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 32.1% 155th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per square 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 38.1% 115th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 4.7% 128th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 9.7% 89th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 12.5% 115th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 165.1% 98th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 51.7% 137th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 60,600.0% 88th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 29.3% 156th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), per square 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 2023 up 20.6% 158th