Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Laos

Arable land in Laos in 2023 — 1,224,000 ha. Ranked 100 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 91.3%.

2023 1.22M ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 100of 206
Period maximum 1.51M ha2016
Period minimum 640,000 ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Laos, 1961–2023500,000750,0001M1.25M1.5M1.75M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 640,000 ha1963: 640,000 ha1965: 640,000 ha1967: 650,000 ha1969: 660,000 ha1971: 670,000 ha1973: 720,000 ha1975: 750,000 ha1977: 770,000 ha1979: 780,000 ha1981: 780,000 ha1983: 785,000 ha1985: 792,000 ha1987: 793,000 ha1989: 795,000 ha1991: 799,000 ha1993: 799,000 ha1995: 828,000 ha1997: 854,000 ha1999: 877,000 ha2001: 970,000 ha2003: 1,060,000 ha2005: 1,150,000 ha2007: 1,240,000 ha2009: 1,360,000 ha2011: 1,428,000 ha2013: 1,498,100 ha2015: 1,506,700 ha2017: 1,439,200 ha2019: 1,295,600 ha2021: 1,224,000 ha2023: 1,224,000 ha
Change over the period: +584,000 (+91.25%) Average annual rate: 1.05 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Laos

Laos 1.22M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
East Asia & Pacific computed 213M ha
South-Eastern Asia computed 63.19M ha
Arable land — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 1.22M +0 +0%
2022 1.22M +0 +0%
2021 1.22M +0 +0%
2020 1.22M −71,600 −5.53%
2019 1.3M −71,800 −5.25%
2018 1.37M −71,800 −4.99%
2017 1.44M −71,800 −4.75%
2016 1.51M +4,300 +0.29%
2015 1.51M +4,300 +0.29%
2014 1.5M +4,300 +0.29%
2013 1.5M +35,050 +2.4%
2012 1.46M +35,050 +2.45%
2011 1.43M +28,000 +2%
2010 1.4M +40,000 +2.94%
2009 1.36M +70,000 +5.43%
2008 1.29M +50,000 +4.03%
2007 1.24M +40,000 +3.33%
2006 1.2M +50,000 +4.35%
2005 1.15M +45,000 +4.07%
2004 1.11M +45,000 +4.25%
2003 1.06M +45,000 +4.43%
2002 1.02M +45,000 +4.64%
2001 970,000 +50,000 +5.43%
2000 920,000 +43,000 +4.9%
1999 877,000 +15,000 +1.74%
1998 862,000 +8,000 +0.94%
1997 854,000 +30,000 +3.64%
1996 824,000 −4,000 −0.48%
1995 828,000 +6,000 +0.73%
1994 822,000 +23,000 +2.88%
1993 799,000 +0 +0%
1992 799,000 +0 +0%
1991 799,000 +0 +0%
1990 799,000 +4,000 +0.5%
1989 795,000 +0 +0%
1988 795,000 +2,000 +0.25%
1987 793,000 +0 +0%
1986 793,000 +1,000 +0.13%
1985 792,000 +2,000 +0.25%
1984 790,000 +5,000 +0.64%
1983 785,000 +0 +0%
1982 785,000 +5,000 +0.64%
1981 780,000 +0 +0%
1980 780,000 +0 +0%
1979 780,000 +5,000 +0.65%
1978 775,000 +5,000 +0.65%
1977 770,000 +10,000 +1.32%
1976 760,000 +10,000 +1.33%
1975 750,000 +10,000 +1.35%
1974 740,000 +20,000 +2.78%
1973 720,000 +20,000 +2.86%
1972 700,000 +30,000 +4.48%
1971 670,000 +5,000 +0.75%
1970 665,000 +5,000 +0.76%
1969 660,000 +2,000 +0.3%
1968 658,000 +8,000 +1.23%
1967 650,000 +0 +0%
1966 650,000 +10,000 +1.56%
1965 640,000 +0 +0%
1964 640,000 +0 +0%
1963 640,000 +0 +0%
1962 640,000 +0 +0%
1961 640,000

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.