Environment in Laos 698 indicators covering environment for Laos. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Further processed sawnwood (export/import) — Import value 82 1000 USD 2024 down 61.3% 180th Further processed sawnwood, non-coniferous (export/import) — Import 19 1000 USD 2024 down 91.0% 191st Packaging paper and paperboard — Export quantity 981,284 t 2024 up 900,161.0% 25th Packaging paper and paperboard — Export value 389,759 1000 USD 2024 up 548,856.0% 34th Other articles of paper and paperboard, ready for use (export/import) 136 1000 USD 2024 up 1,842.9% 150th Wrapping papers — Import quantity 1,741 t 2024 up 225.4% 136th Wrapping papers — Import value 1,571 1000 USD 2024 up 292.8% 144th Secondary processed paper products (export/import) — Export value 927 1000 USD 2024 up 641.6% 145th Wooden wrapping and packaging material (export/import) — Import value 827 1000 USD 2024 up 1,697.8% 123rd Wrapping papers — Export quantity 729 t 2024 up 72,800.0% 88th Wrapping papers — Export value 379 1000 USD 2024 up 37,800.0% 98th Wood products for domestic/decorative use (export/import) — Import 185 1000 USD 2024 down 73.6% 168th Special coated paper and pulp products (export/import) — Import value 1,449 1000 USD 2024 up 6,486.4% 145th Household and sanitary paper, ready for use (export/import) — Import 10,585 1000 USD 2024 down 11.1% 112th Packaging cartons, boxes etc. (export/import) — Import value 25,648 1000 USD 2024 up 752.9% 108th Secondary processed paper products (export/import) — Import value 56,735 1000 USD 2024 up 211.5% 122nd Other articles of paper and paperboard, ready for use (export/import) 18,064 1000 USD 2024 up 465.9% 124th Other manufactured wood products (export/import) — Import value 1,938 1000 USD 2024 up 1,126.6% 131st Builder's joinery and carpentry of wood (export/import) — Import value 2,210 1000 USD 2024 up 449.8% 154th Other papers mainly for packaging — Export quantity 29 t 2024 up 20.8% 91st Other papers mainly for packaging — Export value 8 1000 USD 2024 down 63.6% 111th Change in the consumption of ozone-depleting substances 35.65 2021 down 69.2% 11th Printing and writing papers, uncoated, woodfree — Export quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 159th Printing and writing papers, uncoated, woodfree — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 — 164th Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Export quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 62nd Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 65th Case materials — Export quantity 976,678 t 2024 up 1,415,380.0% 17th Case materials — Export value 388,099 1000 USD 2024 up 2,282,840.0% 20th Cartonboard — Export quantity 3,848 t 2024 up 25,553.3% 66th Cartonboard — Export value 1,273 1000 USD 2024 up 4,006.4% 81st Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person 2024 — 101st Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 — 101st Printing and writing papers, coated — Export quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 161st Printing and writing papers, coated — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 173rd Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural 2.9% 2023 up 163.6% 156th Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban 23.6% 2023 up 84.4% 165th Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking 11.1% 2023 up 131.2% 161st Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding 11.01 Mt CO2e 2023 up 1,998.1% 31st Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 0 m3 per square kilometre 2023 — 110th Share of land covered by forest 56.5% 2025 down 2.5% 44th Particle board — Production 0 m3 2024 — 90th Land use 1.61 million hectares 2023 down 3.3% 100th Dissolving wood pulp — Export quantity 334,228 t 2024 up 1,024.2% 8th Dissolving wood pulp — Export value 258,314 1000 USD 2024 up 861.4% 8th Hardboard — Export quantity 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 114th Hardboard — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 113th Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Import quantity 72 t 2024 up 800.0% 84th Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Import value 19 1000 USD 2024 up 171.4% 106th Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import quantity 107 m3 2024 up 10,600.0% 126th Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import value 35 1000 USD 2024 up 3,400.0% 131st Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 0 m3 per square kilometre 2023 — 102nd Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted 377,620 hectares 2025 up 173.7% 63rd Share using safely managed drinking water 35.2% 2024 up 199.7% 137th People not using safely managed drinking water sources 5.04 million people 2024 down 14.9% 45th Drinking water service usage 35.2% 2024 up 199.7% 137th River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 14.71 Percentage of agricultural land area 2022 down 1.9% 16th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 22.35 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 9.8% 33rd Agriculture area under organic agric. — Area 9.14 1000 ha 2024 up 45.1% 115th Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land 0.42 % 2024 up 61.5% 116th Prefabricated buildings of wood (export/import) — Import value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 192nd ← Previous Page 9 of 12 Next →