Chile vs Latvia: Annual forest expansion
Chile
6,150 hectares per year
in 2020
Latvia
7,150 hectares per year
in 2020
Chile rank
42nd
Latvia rank
39th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Chile
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 7,150 hectares per year against 6,150 hectares per year in Chile, a difference of 1,000 hectares per year.
That makes Latvia's figure about 1.2 times Chile's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 42nd and Latvia ranks 39th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 3 and Latvia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 71,470 hectares per year | 6,800 hectares per year | 64,670 hectares per year | Chile |
| 2000s | 75,570 hectares per year | 13,510 hectares per year | 62,060 hectares per year | Chile |
| 2010s | 25,145 hectares per year | 6,580 hectares per year | 18,565 hectares per year | Chile |
| 2020s | 6,150 hectares per year | 7,150 hectares per year | 1,000 hectares per year | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Chile or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 7,150 hectares per year against 6,150 hectares per year in Chile as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Chile and Latvia?
- 1,000 hectares per year, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Latvia?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Chile and Latvia rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Chile ranks 42nd 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).