Which has higher forest area, Laos or Mongolia?

Mongolia, at 141,783 sq. km against 130,360 sq. km in Laos as of 2025.

What is the difference in forest area between Laos and Mongolia?

11,423 sq. km, with Mongolia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Mongolia?

36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as Forest area (sq. km). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Laos vs Mongolia: Forest area (sq. km)

Laos

130,360 sq. km

in 2025

Mongolia

141,783 sq. km

in 2025

Laos rank

46th

Mongolia rank

44th

Forest area (sq. km) over time

Laos
Mongolia

How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 141,783 sq. km against 130,360 sq. km in Laos, a difference of 11,423 sq. km.

That makes Mongolia's figure about 1.1 times Laos's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Laos ahead.

Laos ranks 46th and Mongolia ranks 44th of 214 countries.

Mongolia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Laos	Mongolia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	142,421 sq. km	143,124 sq. km	702.3 sq. km	Mongolia
2000s	138,748 sq. km	142,279 sq. km	3,531 sq. km	Mongolia
2010s	134,254 sq. km	141,800 sq. km	7,546 sq. km	Mongolia
2020s	131,244 sq. km	141,783 sq. km	10,539 sq. km	Mongolia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest area, Laos or Mongolia?: Mongolia, at 141,783 sq. km against 130,360 sq. km in Laos as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest area between Laos and Mongolia?: 11,423 sq. km, with Mongolia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Mongolia?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Laos and Mongolia rank globally for forest area?: Laos ranks 46th and Mongolia ranks 44th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as Forest area (sq. km). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Laos vs Mongolia: Forest area. Statizoid, drawing on FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Retrieved 24 October 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/forest-area-sq-km/lao-pdr/mongolia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/forest-area-sq-km/lao-pdr/mongolia/">Laos vs Mongolia: Forest area</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Forest area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 262 places, 9,089 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 15 October 2026

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.