Latvia
Forest area in Latvia
Forest area in Latvia: 51.2% in 1992 and 55.6% in 2024, by FAO estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 55.6%
- Since 1992
- +4.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 43 of 209
- counting from the highest
% of land · FAO
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Latvia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55.6 | – |
| 2023 | 55.5 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 55.4 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 55.3 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 55.2 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 55.1 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 55 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 54.8 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 54.7 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 54.6 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 54.5 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 54.5 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 54.4 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 54.3 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 54.2 | 32 |
| 2009 | 54 | 32 |
| 2008 | 53.8 | 32 |
| 2007 | 53.6 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 53.4 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 53.1 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 52.9 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 52.7 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 52.5 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 52.3 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 52.1 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 52 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 51.9 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 51.8 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 51.7 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 51.5 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 51.4 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 51.3 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 51.2 | 33 |
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending3.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.6B in 2025
- Military spending per person$929 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel9,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports19 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2025