Environment in Laos

662 indicators covering environment for Laos.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Printing and writing papers — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 212th
Printing and writing papers — Export quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 201st
Carbon intensity of GDP 0.39 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP 2024 up 277.9% 14th
Wood charcoal — Import value 91 1000 USD 2024 up 213.8% 135th
Wood charcoal — Import quantity 21 t 2024 down 16.0% 167th
Coal rents 0.2% 2012 up 234.9% 25th
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 513.6% 2024 up 262.1% 8th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 182.5% 2024 up 88.9% 23rd
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 10,084.7% 2024 up 524.6% 2nd
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 128.4% 2024 up 57.8% 37th
Forest land — Share in Land area 56.64 % 2024 down 2.6% 50th
Other land — Area 7,807 1000 ha 2024 up 7.5% 64th
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 69 1000 USD 2024 up 885.7% 102nd
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 164 t 2024 up 763.2% 93rd
Recovered paper — Export value 782 1000 USD 2024 down 58.8% 103rd
Veneer sheets — Production 50,000 m3 2024 up 257.1% 48th
Recovered paper — Export quantity 6,315 t 2024 down 57.1% 101st
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 1 1000 USD 2024 down 97.7% 170th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 4 t 2024 down 84.0% 144th
Municipal water withdrawal 130.00 million cubic meters 2023 unchanged 133rd
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 136 1000 USD 2024 up 38.8% 203rd
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 187 t 2024 up 92.8% 188th
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 25.98 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 down 8.9% 61st
Heating Degree Days, annual growth rate -31.06 % change on previous year 2024 down 967.0% 132nd
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export quantity 164 t 2024 down 99.9% 77th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export value 69 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 86th
Wood fuel — Import value 1 1000 USD 2024 165th
Wood fuel — Import quantity 4 m3 2024 156th
Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 146,681 Square kilometres 2023 down 3.4% 40th
Land use hidden — Planted Forest 18,239 Square kilometres 2023 up 10.6% 26th
Land use hidden — Forest 164,920 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.0% 39th
Wood residues — Import value 3 1000 USD 2024 down 78.6% 146th
Wood residues — Import quantity 47 m3 2024 up 95.8% 106th
Annual freshwater withdrawals 7.35 billion billion cubic meters 2022 up 10.3% 57th
Pulp for paper — Production 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 84th
Wood residues — Export value 1 1000 USD 2024 down 99.8% 117th
Wood residues — Export quantity 99 m3 2024 down 98.5% 80th
Wood fuel — Export quantity 1,463 m3 2024 up 1,960.6% 54th
Wood fuel — Export value 15 1000 USD 2024 down 46.4% 109th
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of 4.79 2022 up 10.3% 123rd
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Import value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 203rd
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 208th
Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal 2.66 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 2022 up 53.4% 166th
Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 19.5% 31st
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Waste 0.0163 Mt CO2e 2024 up 37.0% 31st
Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import value 0 1000 USD 2024 214th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import quantity 0 m3 2024 212th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Import value 0 1000 USD 2024 214th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Import quantity 0 m3 2024 212th
Wood chips and particles — Export quantity 6,277 m3 2024 up 14,845.2% 55th
Wood chips and particles — Export value 160 1000 USD 2024 up 15,900.0% 63rd
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous non-tropical (export/import) 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 194th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous non-tropical (export/import) 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 199th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity 28,032 m3 2024 down 95.2% 56th
Wood chips and particles — Import value 89,096 1000 USD 2024 up 156,209.0% 11th
Wood chips and particles — Import quantity 1.27 million m3 2024 up 1,085,770.0% 10th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Export value 24,040 1000 USD 2024 down 97.5% 41st
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Export value 210 1000 USD 2024 up 412.2% 40th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Export quantity 90 t 2024 up 592.3% 46th
Particle board — Import value 2,692 1000 USD 2024 up 257.5% 121st