Share of global forest area in Latvia
Latvia: Share of global forest area was 0.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of global forest area in Latvia, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of global forest area in Latvia stood at 0.1%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Latvia peaked at 0.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1990.
Latvia ranks 87th of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 84 Guatemala 0.1% compare
- 85 Kazakhstan 0.1% compare
- 86 Serbia 0.1% compare
- 88 Portugal 0.1% compare
- 89 United Kingdom 0.1% compare
- 90 Burkina Faso 0.1% compare
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 share of global forest area in Latvia?
- Share of global forest area in Latvia was 0.1% 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 share of global forest area recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1990.
- How does Latvia rank for share of global forest area?
- Latvia ranks 87th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.