Environment in Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,143 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 Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 31.3 % 2024 up 35.5% 6th Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 500.22 1000 ha 2024 up 26.6% 11th Inland waters — Area 600 1000 ha 2024 unchanged 13th Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.61 % 2024 down 9.7% 17th Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 27.39 % 2024 down 2.1% 15th Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 602.9 1000 ha 2024 down 9.7% 13th Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 17 % 2024 up 95.4% 8th Permanent crops — Area 374.27 1000 ha 2024 up 80.1% 13th Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 55.61 % 2024 down 11.6% 3rd Arable land — Area 1,224 1000 ha 2024 down 18.5% 15th Cropland — Area per capita 0.21 ha/cap 2024 down 19.2% 7th Cropland — Share in Land area 6.92 % 2024 down 6.6% 17th Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 72.61 % 2024 up 1.4% 8th Cropland — Area 1,598 1000 ha 2024 down 6.5% 15th Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,874 USD_PPP/ha 2024 up 59.1% 3rd Agricultural land — Share in Land area 9.54 % 2024 down 7.7% 20th Agricultural land — Area 2,201 1000 ha 2024 down 7.8% 15th Agriculture — Area 2,201 1000 ha 2024 down 7.8% 15th Country area — Area 23,680 1000 ha 2024 unchanged 13th Land area — Area 23,080 1000 ha 2024 unchanged 13th Recovered paper — Production 216,000 t 2024 up 1,340.0% 5th Total fibre furnish — Production 216,000 t 2024 up 1,340.0% 8th Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value 269.17 SLC 2024 up 181.2% 6th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 13.25 kg/cap 2024 up 217.7% 5th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.28 g/Int$ 2024 up 151.2% 7th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 64.42 kg/ha 2024 up 294.5% 4th Pesticides (total) — Import value 17,260 1000 USD 2024 up 667.0% 13th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 102,959 t 2024 up 268.8% 10th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 4,411 t 2024 up 55,037.5% 10th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 107,370 t 2024 up 284.5% 8th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 20,915 t 2024 down 9.7% 9th 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 phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 10.27 kg/ha 2024 down 24.2% 4th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 2.11 kg/cap 2024 down 38.8% 6th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 2.6 g/Int$ 2024 down 51.6% 9th 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) — Import quantity 21,870 t 2024 up 65.4% 8th 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 Sawnwood — Import quantity 331 m3 2024 up 1,847.1% 18th Fibreboard — Import quantity 6,079 m3 2024 up 179.0% 15th Fibreboard — Import value 2,411 1000 USD 2024 up 79.0% 15th Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 43,198 t 2024 up 162.7% 12th Plywood and LVL — Import value 6,690 1000 USD 2024 up 449.7% 10th Plywood and LVL — Import quantity 29,865 m3 2024 up 1,785.4% 9th Wood-based panels — Import value 11,828 1000 USD 2024 up 256.5% 15th Wood-based panels — Import quantity 41,486 m3 2024 up 766.3% 15th Veneer sheets — Import value 113 1000 USD 2024 down 35.1% 16th Printing and writing papers — Import value 7,537 1000 USD 2024 up 129.9% 16th Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value 118,463 1000 USD 2024 down 83.4% 4th Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity 243,936 m3 2024 down 81.1% 6th Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import value 98 1000 USD 2024 up 880.0% 16th Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity 159 m3 2024 up 835.3% 16th Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production 400,000 m3 2024 down 71.4% 8th Page 1 of 20 Next →