Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Latvia
Latvia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 25.26 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Latvia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 25.26 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Latvia peaked at 25.28 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 24.66 1000 ha, in 2001.
Latvia ranks 129th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Latvia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 24.66 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 24.83 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 24.83 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 24.81 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 24.89 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 24.96 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 24.94 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 24.96 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 25.07 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 25.11 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 25.09 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 25.13 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 25.13 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 25.15 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 25.09 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 25.07 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 25.07 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 25.04 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 25.11 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 25.17 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 25.22 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 25.24 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 25.28 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 25.26 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 25.26 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 38.62 1000 ha, 65% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 25.26 1000 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 109.11 1000 ha, 23% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.88 1000 ha | 24.66 1000 ha | 25.07 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 25.1 1000 ha | 25.04 1000 ha | 25.15 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.23 1000 ha | 25.17 1000 ha | 25.28 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 126 Central African Republic 29.94 1000 ha compare
- 127 Madagascar 28.68 1000 ha compare
- 128 Liberia 27.91 1000 ha compare
- 130 Albania 24.61 1000 ha compare
- 131 China, Hong Kong SAR 24.47 1000 ha compare
- 132 Malawi 24.08 1000 ha compare
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)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4753 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0183 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Latvia?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Latvia was 25.26 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 25.28 1000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.66 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Latvia rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Latvia ranks 129th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Latvia 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) — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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 Université 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.