Environment in Latvia 3,151 indicators covering environment for Latvia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Arable land use per person 0.722 hectares per person 2023 up 20.3% 9th Forest area 3.47 million hectares 2025 up 2.0% 87th Share of global forest area 0.1% 2025 up 3.0% 87th Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index -0.2384 2023 up 55.0% 90th Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.1% 1st Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per square kilometre 6.06 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 12.2% 5th Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, per square kilometre 1.6 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% 9th Veneer sheets — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 up 47.4% 2nd Total fibre furnish — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 up 399.8% 50th Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 188.0% 44th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 17.3% 13th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 26.2% 42nd Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 36.4% 21st Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.2% 37th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 4.5% 11th Pesticides (total) — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 33.2% 50th Plywood and LVL — Production 306,852 m3 2024 up 22.7% 26th Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, annual growth rate 2 % change on previous year 2024 up 118.6% 84th Fibreboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.6% 27th Fibreboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 21.9% 42nd Other paper and paperboard — Export value, per capita 0.0114 1000 USD per person 2024 up 8.3% 38th Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per capita 0.0097 t per person 2024 down 0.6% 41st Newsprint — Import value, per square kilometre 0.076 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 59.9% 51st Newsprint — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0869 t per square kilometre 2023 down 63.1% 52nd Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre 0.0097 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% 108th Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 24.1 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 478.3% 8th Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 24.8% 28th Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 33.0% 32nd Paper and paperboard — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 up 100.0% 44th Veneer sheets — Import value, annual growth rate 10.5 % change on previous year 2024 up 40.8% 66th Dissolving wood pulp — Import quantity 0 t 2024 — 113th Dissolving wood pulp — Import value 0 1000 USD 2024 — 124th Paper and paperboard — Export value, annual growth rate -2.56 % change on previous year 2024 up 86.2% 129th Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 1.66 m3 per person 2024 up 197.6% 4th Wood fuel — Production, per capita 2.41 m3 per person 2024 up 270.1% 3rd Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 4.39 m3 per person 2024 up 93.5% 3rd Roundwood — Production, per capita 8.6 m3 per person 2024 up 33.1% 2nd Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, annual growth rate 4.6 % change on previous year 2024 up 131.5% 76th Primary Forest — Area 17.47 1000 ha 2025 up 9.9% 98th Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Import quantity 16,470 t 2024 up 10,129.8% 85th Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Import value 10,062 1000 USD 2024 up 6,936.4% 90th Roundwood — Export value, per square kilometre 7.59 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 72.1% 8th Roundwood — Export quantity, per square kilometre 64.52 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% 5th Paper and paperboard — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 37.4% 39th Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 43.6% 44th Recovered paper — Import quantity 10,226 t 2024 up 63.6% 75th Recovered paper — Import value 1,198 1000 USD 2024 down 15.4% 84th Annual change in forest area 6,566 hectares 2025 up 23.9% 33rd Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 0.2% 2025 up 21.4% 43rd Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 0.2% 2025 up 21.4% 42nd Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods 6,566 hectares 2025 up 23.9% 33rd Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per capita 0.0088 t per person 2024 up 34.3% 12th Fibreboard — Export quantity 38,331 m3 2024 up 375.9% 55th Fibreboard — Export value 29,620 1000 USD 2024 up 1,060.7% 44th Other paper and paperboard — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 up 100.0% 44th Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per capita 4.21 m3 per person 2024 up 0.3% 4th Other paper and paperboard — Export value, annual growth rate 3.3 % change on previous year 2024 up 119.1% 75th Forest land — Area 3,467 1000 ha 2025 up 2.0% 98th Naturally regenerating forest — Area 2,903 1000 ha 2025 down 2.5% 99th Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land 83.74 % 2025 down 4.5% 166th ← Previous Page 14 of 53 Next →