Denmark vs Latvia: Annual deforestation

Denmark
1,230 hectares per year
in 2020
Latvia
580 hectares per year
in 2020
Denmark rank
65th
Latvia rank
68th

Annual deforestation over time

  • Denmark
  • Latvia
02505007501.0k1.2k199020052020

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 1,230 hectares per year against 580 hectares per year in Latvia, a difference of 650 hectares per year.

That makes Denmark's figure about 2.1 times Latvia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 65th and Latvia ranks 68th of 112 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual deforestation
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
112 places, 560 data points, 1990–2020
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