Wood charcoal production rose 0% to 93,000 kt in Laos in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, wood charcoal production in Laos reached an all time high of 95,000 kt in 2014 and an all time low of 6,032 kt in 1961. When compared to Laos's main peers, wood charcoal production in Cambodia amounted to 37,994 kt, 1,623,733 kt in China, 1,500,131 kt in Thailand and 414,000 kt in Vietnam in 2018.
Laos has been ranked 60th within the group of 149 countries we follow in terms of wood charcoal production, 21 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Wood Charcoal Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Cambodia | kt | 36,645 | 37,063 | 37,371 | 37,681 | 37,994 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 1,673,142 | 1,664,077 | 1,650,518 | 1,637,071 | 1,623,733 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 2,880,000 | 2,880,000 | 2,880,000 | 2,880,000 | 2,880,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 25,000 | 18,000 | 17,000 | 16,000 | 15,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | kt | 95,000 | 93,000 | 93,000 | 93,000 | 93,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | kt | 29,175 | 29,266 | 33,000 | 44,000 | 21,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | kt | 354,157 | 320,623 | 286,712 | 323,825 | 372,436 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 52,634 | 52,320 | 70,000 | 73,000 | 78,900 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | kt | 1,430,475 | 1,448,764 | 1,465,688 | 1,482,810 | 1,500,131 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 982,260 | 982,260 | 852,000 | 852,000 | 852,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | kt | 414,000 | 414,000 | 414,000 | 414,000 | 414,000 |
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