Environment in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1,114 indicators covering environment for Least Developed Countries (LDCs). IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Standard Deviation 0.229 °C 2025 unchanged 13th Temperature change 1.29 °C 2025 up 13.4% 10th Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 10.35 % 2024 up 9.1% 22nd Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 23,172 1000 ha 2024 up 19.5% 12th Inland waters — Area 40,909 1000 ha 2024 up 1.8% 12th Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 30.07 % 2024 up 0.1% 13th Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 73.21 % 2024 down 2.3% 12th Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 611,868 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% 9th Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 2.57 % 2024 up 28.5% 23rd Permanent crops — Area 21,455 1000 ha 2024 up 31.5% 11th Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 24.23 % 2024 up 5.1% 18th Arable land — Area 202,474 1000 ha 2024 up 7.7% 9th Cropland — Area per capita 0.19 ha/cap 2024 down 13.6% 16th Cropland — Share in Land area 11 % 2024 up 9.6% 17th Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 26.79 % 2024 up 6.9% 21st Cropland — Area 223,929 1000 ha 2024 up 9.6% 10th Agricultural land — Share in Land area 41.07 % 2024 up 2.5% 17th Agricultural land — Area 835,797 1000 ha 2024 up 2.4% 9th Agriculture — Area 836,181 1000 ha 2024 up 2.5% 9th Land area — Area 2.04 million 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% 8th Country area — Area 2.08 million 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% 9th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 3.21 g/Int$ 2024 up 48.6% 7th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.82 kg/cap 2024 up 51.9% 8th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 4.18 kg/ha 2024 up 66.5% 8th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 968,545 t 2024 up 89.2% 2nd Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 528,087 t 2024 down 4.3% 2nd Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 3.19 million t 2024 up 58.0% 2nd Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 73,248 t 2024 down 29.2% 7th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 3.80 million t 2024 up 40.3% 2nd Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 16.03 kg/ha 2024 up 20.8% 10th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 3.2 kg/cap 2024 up 11.1% 9th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 12.59 g/Int$ 2024 up 10.0% 9th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 6.09 g/Int$ 2024 up 34.4% 6th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 2.61 million t 2024 up 138.1% 2nd Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 1.84 million t 2024 up 71.4% 2nd Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 7.93 kg/ha 2024 up 51.0% 5th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 1.55 kg/cap 2024 up 36.0% 7th Total fibre furnish — Production 717,840 t 2024 up 79.8% 23rd Other paper and paperboard — Production 1.35 million t 2024 up 602.5% 23rd Paper and paperboard — Production 1.48 million t 2024 up 370.1% 23rd Recovered paper — Production 569,240 t 2024 up 169.4% 24th Plywood and LVL — Import value 203,547 1000 USD 2024 down 23.0% 23rd Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 97,554 1000 USD 2024 down 18.2% 20th Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 90,111 t 2024 up 29.7% 13th Other paper and paperboard — Export value 438,642 1000 USD 2024 up 1,035.9% 21st Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 1.04 million t 2024 up 2,378.1% 19th Other paper and paperboard — Import value 1.40 million 1000 USD 2024 up 71.6% 20th Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 1.84 million t 2024 up 87.4% 20th Plywood and LVL — Import quantity 617,292 m3 2024 up 27.9% 21st Fibreboard — Import quantity 373,578 m3 2024 up 21.8% 23rd Fibreboard — Import value 147,284 1000 USD 2024 down 2.4% 23rd Printing and writing papers — Import value 636,901 1000 USD 2024 down 12.8% 21st Printing and writing papers — Import quantity 656,510 t 2024 down 16.8% 21st Newsprint — Import value 63,026 1000 USD 2024 down 58.3% 21st Newsprint — Import quantity 82,287 t 2024 down 58.5% 22nd Graphic papers — Import value 699,927 1000 USD 2024 down 20.6% 21st Graphic papers — Import quantity 738,797 t 2024 down 25.2% 21st Paper and paperboard — Export value 452,844 1000 USD 2024 up 752.0% 22nd Paper and paperboard — Export quantity 1.05 million t 2024 up 1,782.5% 19th Page 1 of 19 Next →