Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Latvia: Agricultural area over the long-term

Lao People's Democratic Republic
2.15 million hectares
in 2025
Latvia
2.00 million hectares
in 2025
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
116th
Latvia rank
118th

Agricultural area over the long-term over time

  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Latvia
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How they compare

Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 2.15 million hectares against 2.00 million hectares in Latvia, a difference of 154,000 hectares.

That makes Lao People's Democratic Republic's figure about 1.1 times Latvia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.

Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 116th and Latvia ranks 118th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Lao People's Democratic Republic averaged higher in 17 and Latvia in 23.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Difference Ahead
1000s 240,036 hectares 179,052 hectares 60,984 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic
1100s 253,278 hectares 182,484 hectares 70,794 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic
1200s 263,185 hectares 185,327 hectares 77,858 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic
1300s 284,632 hectares 187,387 hectares 97,245 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic
1400s 305,196 hectares 188,399 hectares 116,797 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic
1500s 324,918 hectares 187,988 hectares 136,930 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic
1600s 398,346 hectares 185,590 hectares 212,756 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic
1700s 468,555 hectares 180,283 hectares 288,272 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic
1710s 466,596 hectares 208,389 hectares 258,207 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic
1720s 546,307 hectares 240,808 hectares 305,499 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic
1730s 544,592 hectares 278,188 hectares 266,404 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic
1740s 542,750 hectares 321,267 hectares 221,483 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic
1750s 516,070 hectares 370,890 hectares 145,180 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic
1760s 489,648 hectares 428,022 hectares 61,626 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic
1770s 487,801 hectares 493,759 hectares 5,958 hectares Latvia
1780s 485,925 hectares 569,350 hectares 83,425 hectares Latvia
1790s 484,029 hectares 656,213 hectares 172,184 hectares Latvia
1800s 481,959 hectares 755,952 hectares 273,993 hectares Latvia
1810s 526,806 hectares 870,377 hectares 343,571 hectares Latvia
1820s 569,361 hectares 981,090 hectares 411,729 hectares Latvia
1830s 713,370 hectares 1.11 million hectares 391,790 hectares Latvia
1840s 759,880 hectares 1.24 million hectares 484,160 hectares Latvia
1850s 804,460 hectares 1.40 million hectares 594,780 hectares Latvia
1860s 809,774 hectares 1.57 million hectares 762,636 hectares Latvia
1870s 810,008 hectares 1.72 million hectares 906,202 hectares Latvia
1880s 845,835 hectares 1.87 million hectares 1.03 million hectares Latvia
1890s 892,916 hectares 2.04 million hectares 1.14 million hectares Latvia
1900s 940,064 hectares 2.21 million hectares 1.27 million hectares Latvia
1910s 918,009 hectares 2.40 million hectares 1.49 million hectares Latvia
1920s 946,444 hectares 2.47 million hectares 1.52 million hectares Latvia
1930s 1.01 million hectares 2.52 million hectares 1.51 million hectares Latvia
1940s 1.23 million hectares 2.52 million hectares 1.29 million hectares Latvia
1950s 1.31 million hectares 2.44 million hectares 1.13 million hectares Latvia
1960s 1.49 million hectares 2.53 million hectares 1.04 million hectares Latvia
1970s 1.55 million hectares 2.53 million hectares 981,829 hectares Latvia
1980s 1.63 million hectares 2.54 million hectares 910,722 hectares Latvia
1990s 1.70 million hectares 2.15 million hectares 444,519 hectares Latvia
2000s 1.97 million hectares 1.71 million hectares 265,100 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic
2010s 2.31 million hectares 1.89 million hectares 426,795 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020s 2.19 million hectares 1.98 million hectares 212,457 hectares Lao People's Democratic Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Latvia?
Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 2.15 million hectares against 2.00 million hectares in Latvia as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Latvia?
154,000 hectares, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Latvia?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Latvia rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term?
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 116th and Latvia ranks 118th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Agricultural area over the long-term
Unit
hectares
Source
HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
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Total agricultural area for each separate country over time.