Latvia vs Togo: Annual forest expansion

Latvia
7,150 hectares per year
in 2020
Togo
7,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Latvia rank
39th
Togo rank
40th

Annual forest expansion over time

  • Latvia
  • Togo
05.0k10.0k15.0k199020052020

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 7,150 hectares per year against 7,000 hectares per year in Togo, a difference of 150 hectares per year.

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

Latvia ranks 39th and Togo ranks 40th of 110 countries.

Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latvia Togo Difference Ahead
1990s 6,800 hectares per year 1,000 hectares per year 5,800 hectares per year Latvia
2000s 13,510 hectares per year 1,500 hectares per year 12,010 hectares per year Latvia
2010s 6,580 hectares per year 2,000 hectares per year 4,580 hectares per year Latvia
2020s 7,150 hectares per year 7,000 hectares per year 150 hectares per year Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual forest expansion, Latvia or Togo?
Latvia, at 7,150 hectares per year against 7,000 hectares per year in Togo as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Latvia and Togo?
150 hectares per year, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Togo?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Latvia and Togo rank globally for annual forest expansion?
Latvia ranks 39th and Togo ranks 40th 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

Indicator
Annual forest expansion
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
110 places, 550 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

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).