Germany vs Latvia: Annual afforestation

Germany
6,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Latvia
4,040 hectares per year
in 2020
Germany rank
25th
Latvia rank
28th

Annual afforestation over time

  • Germany
  • Latvia
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 6,000 hectares per year against 4,040 hectares per year in Latvia, a difference of 1,960 hectares per year.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.5 times Latvia's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

Germany ranks 25th and Latvia ranks 28th of 106 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual afforestation
Unit
hectares per year
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
106 places, 530 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.