Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Latvia
Latvia: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 4,703 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Latvia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Latvia stood at 4,703 1000 ha.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Latvia peaked at 5,277 1000 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 4,592 1000 ha, in 2023.
Latvia ranks 75th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Latvia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5,233 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5,017 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 5,050 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 5,100 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 5,119 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 5,215 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 5,196 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 5,195 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 5,163 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 5,255 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 5,277 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 5,167 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 5,136 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 5,125 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 5,047 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 4,965 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 4,837 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 4,765 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 4,808 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 4,819 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 4,822 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 4,616 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 4,592 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 4,703 1000 ha | +2.4% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 4,703 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 10.3× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 4,703 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,752 1000 ha, 1.7× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,143 1000 ha | 5,017 1000 ha | 5,233 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 5,038 1000 ha | 4,765 1000 ha | 5,277 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,711 1000 ha | 4,592 1000 ha | 4,822 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 tree-covered areas — area from modis in Latvia?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Latvia was 4,703 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,277 1000 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,592 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Latvia rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Latvia ranks 75th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. 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, published as part of Tree-covered areas — 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.