Lao PDR - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Lao PDR was 1,550,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,650,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of 640,000 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 640,000
1962 640,000
1963 640,000
1964 640,000
1965 640,000
1966 650,000
1967 650,000
1968 658,000
1969 660,000
1970 665,000
1971 670,000
1972 700,000
1973 720,000
1974 740,000
1975 750,000
1976 760,000
1977 770,000
1978 775,000
1979 780,000
1980 780,000
1981 780,000
1982 785,000
1983 785,000
1984 790,000
1985 792,000
1986 793,000
1987 793,000
1988 795,000
1989 795,000
1990 799,000
1991 799,000
1992 799,000
1993 799,000
1994 822,000
1995 828,000
1996 824,000
1997 854,000
1998 862,000
1999 877,000
2000 920,000
2001 970,000
2002 1,015,000
2003 1,060,000
2004 1,105,000
2005 1,150,000
2006 1,200,000
2007 1,240,000
2008 1,290,000
2009 1,360,000
2010 1,400,000
2011 1,428,000
2012 1,450,000
2013 1,489,000
2014 1,596,000
2015 1,650,000
2016 1,650,000
2017 1,600,000
2018 1,550,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Lao PDR was 0.220 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.295 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.166 in 1996.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.295
1962 0.288
1963 0.282
1964 0.275
1965 0.269
1966 0.266
1967 0.260
1968 0.257
1969 0.252
1970 0.247
1971 0.243
1972 0.246
1973 0.247
1974 0.247
1975 0.246
1976 0.245
1977 0.246
1978 0.245
1979 0.243
1980 0.239
1981 0.235
1982 0.231
1983 0.225
1984 0.220
1985 0.215
1986 0.209
1987 0.203
1988 0.198
1989 0.192
1990 0.188
1991 0.182
1992 0.178
1993 0.173
1994 0.174
1995 0.171
1996 0.166
1997 0.169
1998 0.168
1999 0.168
2000 0.173
2001 0.179
2002 0.185
2003 0.190
2004 0.195
2005 0.200
2006 0.205
2007 0.209
2008 0.213
2009 0.221
2010 0.224
2011 0.225
2012 0.225
2013 0.228
2014 0.240
2015 0.245
2016 0.241
2017 0.230
2018 0.220

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Lao PDR was 6.72 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 7.15 in 2016, while its lowest value was 2.77 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 2.77
1962 2.77
1963 2.77
1964 2.77
1965 2.77
1966 2.82
1967 2.82
1968 2.85
1969 2.86
1970 2.88
1971 2.90
1972 3.03
1973 3.12
1974 3.21
1975 3.25
1976 3.29
1977 3.34
1978 3.36
1979 3.38
1980 3.38
1981 3.38
1982 3.40
1983 3.40
1984 3.42
1985 3.43
1986 3.44
1987 3.44
1988 3.44
1989 3.44
1990 3.46
1991 3.46
1992 3.46
1993 3.46
1994 3.56
1995 3.59
1996 3.57
1997 3.70
1998 3.73
1999 3.80
2000 3.99
2001 4.20
2002 4.40
2003 4.59
2004 4.79
2005 4.98
2006 5.20
2007 5.37
2008 5.59
2009 5.89
2010 6.07
2011 6.19
2012 6.28
2013 6.45
2014 6.92
2015 7.15
2016 7.15
2017 6.93
2018 6.72

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use