Forest land area rose 0.012% to 33.6 '000 sq km in Latvia in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Latvia reached an all time high of 33.6 '000 sq km in 2015 and an all time low of 31.7 '000 sq km in 1990. When compared to Latvia's main peers, forest land area in Belarus amounted to 86.3 '000 sq km, 22.3 '000 sq km in Estonia, 21.8 '000 sq km in Lithuania and 8,149 '000 sq km in Russia in 2015.
Latvia has been ranked 84th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest 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 | '000 sq km | 85.9 | 85.3 | 85.5 | 85.7 | 85.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | '000 sq km | 2,041 | 2,006 | 2,022 | 2,037 | 2,052 | ||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | '000 sq km | 22.2 | 22.3 | 22.3 | 22.3 | 22.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | '000 sq km | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | '000 sq km | 111 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 114 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | '000 sq km | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | '000 sq km | 33.4 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 33.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | '000 sq km | 21.5 | 21.7 | 21.7 | 21.7 | 21.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | '000 sq km | 93.1 | 93.3 | 93.5 | 93.7 | 93.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | '000 sq km | 8,090 | 8,151 | 8,151 | 8,151 | 8,150 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | '000 sq km | 3,036 | 3,087 | 3,090 | 3,093 | 3,095 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | '000 sq km | 96.8 | 95.5 | 95.7 | 95.9 | 96.1 |
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