Environment in Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,256 indicators covering environment for Lao People's Democratic Republic. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Standard Deviation 0.318 °C 2025 unchanged 7th Temperature change 0.825 °C 2025 down 37.5% 20th Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.61 % 2024 down 9.7% 201st Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 27.39 % 2024 down 2.1% 168th Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 602.9 1000 ha 2024 down 9.7% 133rd Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 17 % 2024 up 95.4% 76th Permanent crops — Area 374.27 1000 ha 2024 up 80.1% 75th Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 55.61 % 2024 down 11.6% 74th Arable land — Area 1,224 1000 ha 2024 down 18.5% 116th Cropland — Area per capita 0.21 ha/cap 2024 down 19.2% 93rd Cropland — Share in Land area 6.92 % 2024 down 6.6% 182nd Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 72.61 % 2024 up 1.4% 87th Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 31.3 % 2024 up 35.5% 61st Cropland — Area 1,598 1000 ha 2024 down 6.5% 116th Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,874 USD_PPP/ha 2024 up 59.1% 36th Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 500.22 1000 ha 2024 up 26.6% 70th Inland waters — Area 600 1000 ha 2024 unchanged 71st Country area — Area 23,680 1000 ha 2024 unchanged 98th Land area — Area 23,080 1000 ha 2024 unchanged 94th Agriculture — Area 2,201 1000 ha 2024 down 7.8% 131st Agricultural land — Area 2,201 1000 ha 2024 down 7.8% 132nd Agricultural land — Share in Land area 9.54 % 2024 down 7.7% 219th Recovered paper — Production 216,000 t 2024 up 1,340.0% 62nd Total fibre furnish — Production 216,000 t 2024 up 1,340.0% 72nd Pesticides (total) — Export value 7.19 1000 USD 2024 up 1,097.9% 15th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 3.46 g/Int$ 2024 — 5th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 2.81 kg/cap 2024 — 3rd Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 13.68 kg/ha 2024 — 3rd Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 21,870 t 2024 — 9th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 21,870 t 2024 up 65.4% 8th Pesticides (total) — Import value 17,260 1000 USD 2024 up 667.0% 13th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 2.6 g/Int$ 2024 down 51.6% 9th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 2.11 kg/cap 2024 down 38.8% 6th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 10.27 kg/ha 2024 down 24.2% 4th Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value 269.17 SLC 2024 up 181.2% 6th Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 101.05 USD 2024 up 4.5% 18th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 16,421 t 2024 down 29.1% 10th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 107,370 t 2024 up 284.5% 8th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 4,411 t 2024 up 55,037.5% 10th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 102,959 t 2024 up 268.8% 10th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 64.42 kg/ha 2024 up 294.5% 4th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 13.25 kg/cap 2024 up 217.7% 5th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.28 g/Int$ 2024 up 151.2% 7th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 20,915 t 2024 down 9.7% 9th Other paper and paperboard — Export value 389,761 1000 USD 2024 up 533,819.0% 39th Paper and paperboard — Export quantity 981,284 t 2024 up 700,817.0% 32nd Paper and paperboard — Import value 33,165 1000 USD 2024 up 123.8% 140th Paper and paperboard — Import quantity 50,174 t 2024 up 138.6% 127th Paper and paperboard — Export value 389,761 1000 USD 2024 up 432,968.0% 46th Graphic papers — Import quantity 6,976 t 2024 up 52.1% 153rd Graphic papers — Import value 7,913 1000 USD 2024 up 59.2% 152nd Newsprint — Import quantity 358 t 2024 down 81.4% 154th Newsprint — Import value 376 1000 USD 2024 down 77.8% 147th Printing and writing papers — Import quantity 6,618 t 2024 up 149.0% 151st Printing and writing papers — Import value 7,537 1000 USD 2024 up 129.9% 149th Wood pulp — Import value 10,301 1000 USD 2024 up 12,939.2% 94th Wood pulp — Import quantity 15,337 t 2024 up 11,431.6% 90th Pulp for paper — Import value 10,253 1000 USD 2024 up 8,235.8% 96th Pulp for paper — Import quantity 15,334 t 2024 up 9,605.1% 91st Page 1 of 21 Next →