Austria vs Latvia: Annual forest expansion
Austria
7,950 hectares per year
in 2020
Latvia
7,150 hectares per year
in 2020
Austria rank
36th
Latvia rank
39th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Austria
- Latvia
How they compare
Austria currently reports 7,950 hectares per year against 7,150 hectares per year in Latvia, a difference of 800 hectares per year.
That makes Austria's figure about 1.1 times Latvia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 36th and Latvia ranks 39th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 3 and Latvia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11,710 hectares per year | 6,800 hectares per year | 4,910 hectares per year | Austria |
| 2000s | 10,000 hectares per year | 13,510 hectares per year | 3,510 hectares per year | Latvia |
| 2010s | 7,950 hectares per year | 6,580 hectares per year | 1,370 hectares per year | Austria |
| 2020s | 7,950 hectares per year | 7,150 hectares per year | 800 hectares per year | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Austria or Latvia?
- Austria, at 7,950 hectares per year against 7,150 hectares per year in Latvia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Austria and Latvia?
- 800 hectares per year, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Latvia?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Austria and Latvia rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Austria ranks 36th and Latvia ranks 39th of 110 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual forest expansion. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).