Latvia vs Netherlands: Annual forest expansion
Latvia
7,150 hectares per year
in 2020
Netherlands
7,290 hectares per year
in 2020
Latvia rank
39th
Netherlands rank
38th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Latvia
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 7,290 hectares per year against 7,150 hectares per year in Latvia, a difference of 140 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Latvia ahead.
Latvia ranks 39th and Netherlands ranks 38th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Latvia averaged higher in 3 and Netherlands in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latvia | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,800 hectares per year | 2,560 hectares per year | 4,240 hectares per year | Latvia |
| 2000s | 13,510 hectares per year | 4,000 hectares per year | 9,510 hectares per year | Latvia |
| 2010s | 6,580 hectares per year | 2,955 hectares per year | 3,625 hectares per year | Latvia |
| 2020s | 7,150 hectares per year | 7,290 hectares per year | 140 hectares per year | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Latvia or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 7,290 hectares per year against 7,150 hectares per year in Latvia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Latvia and Netherlands?
- 140 hectares per year, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Netherlands?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Latvia and Netherlands rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Latvia ranks 39th and Netherlands ranks 38th 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).