Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Latvia
Latvia: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita was 0.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 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
In 2025, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Latvia stood at 0.2%.
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 vs. gdp per capita in Latvia peaked at 0.4% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2015.
Latvia ranks 42nd of 227 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Latvia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.2% | — |
| 1992 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | +92.0% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -59.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +33.7% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -7.7% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 0.2% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1%, 2.7× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual change in forest area vs. GDP 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +92.0% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| 2011 | -59.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| 2016 | +33.7% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
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
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.883 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.56 °C (2025)
- 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)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual -0.0555 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Latvia?
- Annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita 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 vs. gdp per capita recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2001.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2015.
- How does Latvia rank for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Latvia ranks 42nd out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita 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 vs. GDP per capita. 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.