Cameroon vs Laos: Breakdown of habitable land area

Cameroon

165,160 hectares

in 2019

Laos

176,680 hectares

in 2019

Cameroon rank

74th

Laos rank

71st

Breakdown of habitable land area over time

Laos currently reports 176,680 hectares against 165,160 hectares in Cameroon, a difference of 11,520 hectares.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 74th and Laos ranks 71st of 235 countries.

Indicator: Breakdown of habitable land area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 1,175 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Habitable land is defined as ice- and barren-free land. Agricultural land is the sum of croplands and pasture for grazing.