Latvia vs United Kingdom: Forest area

Latvia

3.47 million hectares

in 2025

United Kingdom

3.28 million hectares

in 2025

Latvia rank

87th

United Kingdom rank

89th

Forest area over time

Latvia
United Kingdom

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 3.47 million hectares against 3.28 million hectares in United Kingdom, a difference of 188,960 hectares.

That makes Latvia's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Latvia has been ahead every year.

Latvia ranks 87th and United Kingdom ranks 89th of 235 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Forest area
Unit: hectares
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: 235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.