Grassland — Area from MODIS in Latvia
Latvia: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 709.67 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Latvia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 709.67 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of down 13.3% on the previous year and up 140.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Latvia peaked at 818.74 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 209.9 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Latvia 105th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Latvia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 209.9 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 398.23 1000 ha | +89.7% |
| 2003 | 430.55 1000 ha | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 401.27 1000 ha | -6.8% |
| 2005 | 340.89 1000 ha | -15.0% |
| 2006 | 305.94 1000 ha | -10.3% |
| 2007 | 302.02 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 327.81 1000 ha | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 313.84 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 249.92 1000 ha | -20.4% |
| 2011 | 224.55 1000 ha | -10.2% |
| 2012 | 356.24 1000 ha | +58.6% |
| 2013 | 375.01 1000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 294.91 1000 ha | -21.4% |
| 2015 | 308.44 1000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 373.01 1000 ha | +20.9% |
| 2017 | 460.67 1000 ha | +23.5% |
| 2018 | 538.03 1000 ha | +16.8% |
| 2019 | 490.48 1000 ha | -8.8% |
| 2020 | 505.99 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 531.32 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 739.66 1000 ha | +39.2% |
| 2023 | 818.74 1000 ha | +10.7% |
| 2024 | 709.67 1000 ha | -13.3% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 709.67 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294.06 1000 ha, 2.4× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 709.67 1000 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,415 1000 ha, 50% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 336.72 1000 ha | 209.9 1000 ha | 430.55 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 367.13 1000 ha | 224.55 1000 ha | 538.03 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 661.08 1000 ha | 505.99 1000 ha | 818.74 1000 ha | 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)
- 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 grassland — area from modis in Latvia?
- Grassland — area from modis in Latvia was 709.67 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 818.74 1000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 209.9 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Latvia rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Latvia ranks 105th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 140.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grassland — Area from MODIS. 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 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.