Environment in Latvia 122 indicators covering environment for Latvia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.97 Percentage change 2025 up 479.2% 276th Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.05 Percentage change 2025 up 512.8% 264th Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.13 Percentage change 2024 down 1,086.0% 280th Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.93 Percentage change 2024 down 750.3% 403rd Land use hidden — Total area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 10th Land use hidden — Cropland, annual growth rate 0.2195 % change on previous year 2023 down 91.3% 44th Land use hidden — Land area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 11th Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, annual growth rate -0.3317 % change on previous year 2023 down 136.3% 175th Land use hidden — Other areas, annual growth rate -0.5836 % change on previous year 2023 up 85.3% 192nd Land use hidden — Other areas 8,296 Square kilometres 2023 down 13.8% 12th Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures 6,010 Square kilometres 2023 down 9.4% 10th Land use hidden — Land area 62,230 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% 10th Land use hidden — Cropland 13,700 Square kilometres 2023 up 12.9% 10th Land use hidden — Total area 64,590 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.0% 10th Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 29,396 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.6% 4th Land use hidden — Planted Forest 4,828 Square kilometres 2023 up 13.6% 5th Land use hidden — Forest 34,224 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.1% 8th River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 4.43 Percentage of agricultural land area 2022 down 1.1% 996th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 5.69 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 45.8% 34th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 1.1 Percentage of GDP 2021 down 11.1% 16th Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 3,072 Square kilometres 2024 up 51.0% 2nd Environment-related technologies patents — Patent applications 19.5 Patents 2023 down 71.9% 12th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 1,969 Hectares 2020 up 9.1% 41st Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 1,334 Hectares 2020 up 13.7% 41st Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 1,343 Hectares 2020 up 13.8% 41st Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 3,411 Hectares 2020 up 1.1% 39th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 6,223 Hectares 2020 up 0.0% 41st Land use hidden — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 2,971 Square kilometres 2023 up 59.0% 3rd Environment-related technologies patents — Patent grants 11 Patents 2022 down 25.8% 8th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 583.86 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 down 37.6% 8th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 675.69 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 down 0.4% 1st Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 29 - National wealth 9.01 US dollar 2018 up 1.5% 41st Land cover and land cover change — Grassland 4,835 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.3% 258th Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces 127.17 Square kilometres 2022 up 32.2% 427th Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland 819.64 Square kilometres 2022 up 249.0% 273rd Water accounts - assets — Precipitations 44.26 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 4th Water accounts - assets — Evaporation and actual evapotranspiration 27.5 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 4th Water accounts - assets — Inflows from other territories 16.86 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 2nd Water accounts - assets — Outflows to other territories 1.26 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 4th Water accounts - assets — Outflows to marine waters 32.37 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 3rd Freshwater - resources — Outflow to marine waters 32.37 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 2nd Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste 134.42 Index 2024 up 18.9% 1st Inland fisheries 194 Tonnes 2022 down 33.8% 11th Freshwater - abstractions — Public water supply 62.65 Cubic metres 2024 down 0.3% 6th Wastewater - connection rates to treatment — Public total treatment 79.18 Percentage of population 2024 up 6.2% 4th Agricultural land area — Arable and permanent crop land 1,366 Hectares 2024 up 12.4% 7th Agricultural land area — Total agricultural land area 1,971 Hectares 2024 up 5.2% 6th Agricultural land area — Arable land 1,356 Hectares 2024 up 12.2% 7th Agricultural land area — Permanent pasture 604.3 Hectares 2024 down 8.0% 6th Agricultural land area — Permanent crops 10 Hectares 2024 up 58.7% 10th Marine landings — National landings in domestic ports 60,564 Tonnes 2022 up 9.3% 8th Marine landings — Total landings 102,181 Tonnes 2022 up 8.6% 7th Electricity production capacities for renewables and wastes 1,588 Megawatt 2024 down 0.0% 27th Intensity of use of forest resources — Gross Increment 24,741 Cubic metres 2024 down 4.0% 2nd Greenhouse gas emissions by source sector 12,499 Thousand tonnes 2024 up 15.8% 27th Net greenhouse gas emissions of the Land use, Land use change and 2,870 Thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent 2024 up 1,379.4% 7th Domestic net greenhouse gas emissions 12.5 Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent 2024 up 15.7% 27th Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Forest land -75.26 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2023 up 98.6% 2nd Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Cropland 1,596 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2023 up 17.8% 5th Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Grassland 1,403 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2023 up 2.5% 2nd 1 2 3 Next → Page 1 of 3