Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Latvia, Republic of
Latvia, Republic of: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area was 28.55 1000 ha in 2022. β² Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Latvia, Republic of, 1992β2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Latvia, Republic of is 28.55 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Latvia, Republic of peaked at 28.55 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 16.38 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Latvia, Republic of 125th out of 219 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.5 1000 ha | 16.38 1000 ha | 18.66 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 23.36 1000 ha | 19 1000 ha | 26.05 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.76 1000 ha | 26.21 1000 ha | 27.24 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.92 1000 ha | 27.24 1000 ha | 28.55 1000 ha | 3 |
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More environment data for Latvia, Republic of
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.883 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.56 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 75,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 93,499 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 2,260 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 644 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 21,231 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 18,179 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 67,722 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Latvia, Republic of?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Latvia, Republic of was 28.55 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area recorded in Latvia, Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 28.55 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area recorded in Latvia, Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.38 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Latvia, Republic of rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area?
- Latvia, Republic of ranks 125th out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area rising or falling in Latvia, Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia, Republic of data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the UniversitΓ© catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.