Environment in Southern Asia 1,180 indicators covering environment for Southern Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4009 Percentage change 2025 down 73.6% 13th Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.69 Percentage change 2025 up 196.9% 3rd Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Temperature change 1.44 °C 2025 up 37.0% 21st Standard Deviation 0.274 °C 2025 unchanged 19th Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t 2024 up 41.8% 15th Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t 2024 up 110.4% 14th Paper and paperboard — Production 24.03 million t 2024 up 47.6% 11th Other paper and paperboard — Production 18.27 million t 2024 up 81.8% 10th Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 77,936 1000 ha 2024 down 0.1% 26th Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 6.11 % 2024 up 8.1% 8th Permanent crops — Area 19,348 1000 ha 2024 up 8.2% 13th Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 69.26 % 2024 down 0.7% 1st Arable land — Area 219,166 1000 ha 2024 down 0.6% 8th Cropland — Area per capita 0.12 ha/cap 2024 down 7.7% 28th Cropland — Share in Land area 37.31 % 2024 up 0.2% 1st Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 75.37 % 2024 up 0.0% 2nd Cropland — Area 238,515 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% 8th Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,332 USD_PPP/ha 2024 up 33.1% 2nd Agricultural land — Share in Land area 49.5 % 2024 up 0.2% 6th Agricultural land — Area 316,451 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% 18th Agriculture — Area 316,834 1000 ha 2024 up 0.2% 18th Land area — Area 639,262 1000 ha 2024 down 0.1% 21st Country area — Area 688,043 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% 20th Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 24.63 % 2024 down 0.1% 31st Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 12.19 % 2024 unchanged 27th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 4.25 g/Int$ 2024 down 23.7% 18th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.52 kg/cap 2024 down 9.0% 19th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 13.15 kg/ha 2024 up 1.5% 16th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 3.14 million t 2024 up 1.6% 9th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 2.88 million t 2024 down 6.1% 16th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 14.43 g/Int$ 2024 up 0.5% 4th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 5.16 kg/cap 2024 up 20.0% 10th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 44.63 kg/ha 2024 up 33.6% 4th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 10.64 million t 2024 up 33.7% 3rd Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 4.77 million t 2024 up 49.2% 7th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 38.89 g/Int$ 2024 down 3.9% 2nd Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 13.9 kg/cap 2024 up 14.7% 15th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 120.31 kg/ha 2024 up 27.9% 2nd Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 28.69 million t 2024 up 28.0% 2nd Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 72,026 t 2024 down 93.9% 51st Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 5.73 million t 2024 up 4.1% 9th Pesticides (total) — Export value 4.15 million 1000 USD 2024 up 112.4% 11th Pesticides (total) — Import value 2.39 million 1000 USD 2024 up 51.5% 16th Inland waters — Area 48,798 1000 ha 2024 up 1.5% 9th Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 117.12 USD 2024 up 17.8% 16th Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 119,052 1000 ha 2024 up 8.0% 3rd Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 49.91 % 2024 up 7.9% 2nd Total fibre furnish — Import quantity 8.41 million t 2024 up 79.5% 9th Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 123,061 t 2024 up 56.6% 11th Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 177,661 1000 USD 2024 up 12.1% 15th Pulp for paper — Import value 1.61 million 1000 USD 2024 up 75.6% 13th Wood pulp — Import quantity 3.12 million t 2024 up 82.1% 11th Wood pulp — Import value 2.49 million 1000 USD 2024 up 102.2% 10th Other paper and paperboard — Export value 897,598 1000 USD 2024 up 200.3% 16th Fibreboard — Import quantity 1.38 million m3 2024 down 15.1% 14th Plywood and LVL — Import value 292,428 1000 USD 2024 up 119.7% 19th Plywood and LVL — Import quantity 502,845 m3 2024 up 138.0% 23rd Wood-based panels — Import value 765,391 1000 USD 2024 up 4.5% 20th Wood-based panels — Import quantity 2.02 million m3 2024 up 0.8% 21st Page 1 of 20 Next →