Forest land area as a share of country land area rose 0% to 0.540% in Latvia in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area as a share of country land area in Latvia reached an all time high of 0.540% in 2015 and an all time low of 0.510% in 1990. When compared to Latvia's main peers, forest land area as a share of country land area in Belarus amounted to 0.426%, 0.527% in Estonia, 0.348% in Lithuania and 0.498% in Russia in 2015.
Latvia has been ranked 29th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of forest land area as a share of country land area, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Area (As % of Country Land Area) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Belarus | % | 0.420% | 0.421% | 0.422% | 0.423% | 0.424% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| China | % | 0.212% | 0.214% | 0.215% | 0.217% | 0.219% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Estonia | % | 0.528% | 0.527% | 0.527% | 0.527% | 0.527% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Finland | % | 0.731% | 0.731% | 0.731% | 0.731% | 0.731% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 0.327% | 0.327% | 0.327% | 0.327% | 0.328% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 0.685% | 0.685% | 0.685% | 0.685% | 0.685% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Latvia | % | 0.538% | 0.539% | 0.539% | 0.540% | 0.540% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | % | 0.345% | 0.346% | 0.347% | 0.347% | 0.347% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 0.304% | 0.305% | 0.305% | 0.306% | 0.307% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 0.497% | 0.498% | 0.498% | 0.498% | 0.498% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 0.337% | 0.337% | 0.338% | 0.338% | 0.338% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | 0.165% | 0.165% | 0.165% | 0.166% | 0.166% | ... |
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