Laos vs Thailand: Agricultural land per capita
Laos
0.2984 hectares per capita
in 2023
Thailand
0.3121 hectares per capita
in 2023
Laos rank
126th
Thailand rank
123rd
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Laos
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 0.3121 hectares per capita against 0.2984 hectares per capita in Laos, a difference of 0.0137 hectares per capita.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Laos ahead.
Laos ranks 126th and Thailand ranks 123rd of 226 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 4 and Thailand in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Laos | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6263 hectares per capita | 0.4135 hectares per capita | 0.2128 hectares per capita | Laos |
| 1970s | 0.5246 hectares per capita | 0.412 hectares per capita | 0.1126 hectares per capita | Laos |
| 1980s | 0.4417 hectares per capita | 0.4086 hectares per capita | 0.0331 hectares per capita | Laos |
| 1990s | 0.3522 hectares per capita | 0.3672 hectares per capita | 0.015 hectares per capita | Thailand |
| 2000s | 0.338 hectares per capita | 0.3399 hectares per capita | 0.0019 hectares per capita | Thailand |
| 2010s | 0.3429 hectares per capita | 0.3254 hectares per capita | 0.0175 hectares per capita | Laos |
| 2020s | 0.2986 hectares per capita | 0.323 hectares per capita | 0.0244 hectares per capita | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Laos or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 0.3121 hectares per capita against 0.2984 hectares per capita in Laos as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Laos and Thailand?
- 0.0137 hectares per capita, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Thailand?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Laos and Thailand rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Laos ranks 126th and Thailand ranks 123rd of 226 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Agricultural land is the sum of cropland and land used as pasture for grazing livestock.