Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Latvia
Latvia: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was 0.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Latvia, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 0.2% for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Latvia peaked at 0.4% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2015.
Latvia ranks 43rd of 228 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More environment data for Latvia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 11.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.24 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.09 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.18 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.1936 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0199 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 2.07 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0208 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0044 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5531 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Latvia?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Latvia was 0.2% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2001.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2015.
- How does Latvia rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Latvia ranks 43rd out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.