Arable land — Area, per capita in Latvia
Latvia: Arable land — Area, per capita was 0.0007 1000 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Arable land — Area, per capita in Latvia, 1992–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 ha per person.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 0.0007 1000 ha per person for arable land — area, per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — area, per capita in Latvia peaked at 0.0007 1000 ha per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0004 1000 ha per person, in 1995.
Latvia ranks 7th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Arable land — Area, per capita in Latvia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | — |
| 1993 | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -40.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | +9.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | +11.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | +0.6% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 0.0007 1000 ha per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0001 1000 ha per person, 10.1× the median. (70 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 0.0007 1000 ha per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0002 1000 ha per person, 3.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land — Area, per capita in Latvia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | -40.6% | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 0.0004 1000 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More environment data for Latvia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.883 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.56 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area, annual growth rate -0.292 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cropland — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland — Area, per capita 0.0007 1000 ha per person (2024)
- Arable land — Area, annual growth rate -0.2941 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arable land — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area, per capita 0 1000 ha per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — area, per capita in Latvia?
- Arable land — area, per capita in Latvia was 0.0007 1000 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest arable land — area, per capita recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0007 1000 ha per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest arable land — area, per capita recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0004 1000 ha per person in 1995.
- How does Latvia rank for arable land — area, per capita?
- Latvia ranks 7th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — area, per capita rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Arable land — Area, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Arable land — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Arable land — Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Arable land — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Arable land — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.