Latvia - Forest Area 1997
51.76%
+0.11% from 1996
Latvia's forest area was 51.76% in 1997, increased +0.11% from 51.65% in 1996. This was the 52nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1997▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Suriname | 95.65% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Guyana | 94.36% | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Equatorial Guinea | 94.14% | -0.3% |
| 4th | Gabon | 92.05% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 91.11% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Solomon Islands | 90.74% | 0.0% |
| 7th | American Samoa | 89.16% | -0.2% |
| 8th | Liberia | 86.31% | -0.4% |
| 9th | Palau | 85.11% | 0.4% |
| 10th | Papua New Guinea | 80.19% | 0.0% |
| 11th | Guinea-Bissau | 77.32% | -0.4% |
| 12th | Brunei Darussalam | 76.24% | -0.4% |
| 13th | Lao PDR | 76.04% | -0.2% |
| 14th | Seychelles | 73.26% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Finland | 73.13% | 0.3% |
| 16th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 72.41% | 0.4% |
| 17th | Northern Mariana Islands | 70.55% | -0.5% |
| 18th | Sweden | 69.07% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Japan | 68.31% | 0.0% |
| 20th | Korea | 67.37% | -0.1% |
| 21st | Brazil | 67.29% | -0.7% |
| 22nd | Belize | 65.83% | -0.9% |
| 23rd | Congo, Republic of | 65.10% | -0.1% |
| 24th | Dominica | 64.80% | -0.5% |
| 25th | Bhutan | 64.73% | 0.4% |
| 26th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 64.36% | -0.5% |
| 27th | Timor-Leste | 64.11% | -0.1% |
| 28th | Zambia | 63.44% | -0.1% |
| 29th | Angola | 62.71% | -0.2% |
| 30th | Virgin Islands (US) | 61.97% | -1.8% |
| 31st | Tanzania | 61.85% | -0.7% |
| 32nd | Cambodia | 61.46% | -0.2% |
| 33rd | Honduras | 61.14% | -0.3% |
| 34th | Samoa | 61.04% | -0.3% |
| 35th | São Tomé and Principe | 60.87% | 0.0% |
| 36th | Malaysia | 60.78% | -0.5% |
| 37th | Slovenia | 60.55% | 0.4% |
| 38th | Panama | 60.42% | -0.4% |
| 39th | Paraguay | 59.80% | -1.1% |
| 40th | Peru | 59.10% | -0.2% |
| 41st | Indonesia | 58.77% | -1.6% |
| 42nd | Colombia | 57.14% | -0.3% |
| 43rd | Costa Rica | 56.25% | -0.2% |
| 44th | Myanmar | 55.35% | -1.2% |
| 45th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 54.75% | -0.7% |
| 46th | Cayman Islands | 54.13% | -0.2% |
| 47th | Fiji | 53.99% | 0.7% |
| 48th | Mozambique | 53.21% | -0.5% |
| 49th | Estonia | 52.58% | 0.1% |
| 50th | Marshall Islands | 52.22% | 0.0% |
| 51st | Grenada | 52.06% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Latvia | 51.76% | 0.2% |
| 53rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 51.61% | -0.5% |
| 54th | Bahamas, The | 50.94% | 0.0% |
| 55th | Ecuador | 50.57% | -0.6% |
| 56th | Russian Federation | 49.40% | 0.0% |
| 57th | Jamaica | 48.11% | 0.0% |
| 58th | Zimbabwe | 47.83% | -0.2% |
| 59th | Nicaragua | 47.36% | -1.7% |
| 60th | Senegal | 46.68% | -0.5% |
| 61st | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.45% | -0.2% |
| 62nd | Austria | 46.28% | 0.2% |
| 63rd | Cameroon | 46.26% | -0.4% |
| 64th | New Caledonia | 45.72% | 0.1% |
| 65th | Puerto Rico (US) | 44.70% | 2.8% |
| 66th | Guam | 44.44% | 0.0% |
| 67th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 42.31% | 0.0% |
| 68th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.82% | -0.5% |
| 69th | Liechtenstein | 41.50% | 0.3% |
| 70th | Sierra Leone | 41.40% | -0.7% |
| 71st | Guatemala | 40.88% | -1.3% |
| 72nd | Ghana | 40.31% | -1.2% |
| 73rd | French Polynesia | 40.25% | 0.3% |
| 74th | Nepal | 40.20% | 0.2% |
| 75th | Belarus | 40.05% | 0.6% |
| 76th | Georgia | 39.69% | 0.0% |
| 77th | Slovak Republic | 39.54% | 0.0% |
| 78th | Canada | 38.81% | 0.0% |
| 79th | Benin | 38.53% | -1.6% |
| 80th | Dominican Republic | 38.48% | 2.1% |
| 81st | European Union | 37.62% | 0.4% |
| 82nd | Thailand | 37.40% | -0.2% |
| 83rd | North Macedonia | 37.12% | 0.5% |
| 84th | Gambia, The | 37.01% | -1.5% |
| 85th | Central African Republic | 36.91% | -0.1% |
| 86th | New Zealand | 36.87% | 0.5% |
| 87th | Vanuatu | 36.28% | 0.0% |
| 88th | Portugal | 36.24% | -0.4% |
| 89th | Mexico | 35.52% | -0.3% |
| 90th | Sri Lanka | 35.43% | -0.8% |
| 91st | St. Lucia | 34.57% | -0.1% |
| 92nd | Czechia | 34.10% | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Andorra | 34.04% | 0.0% |
| 94th | Malawi | 34.02% | -1.3% |
| 95th | Viet Nam | 33.98% | 2.2% |
| 96th | Croatia | 33.49% | 0.2% |
| 97th | Tuvalu | 33.33% | 0.0% |
| 98th | Norway | 33.18% | 0.0% |
| 99th | El Salvador | 33.17% | -0.7% |
| 100th | United States | 33.11% | 0.0% |
| 101st | Germany | 32.48% | 0.1% |
| 102nd | Spain | 32.31% | 2.0% |
| 103rd | Lithuania | 31.87% | 0.4% |
| 104th | Botswana | 31.72% | -0.7% |
| 105th | Bulgaria | 30.38% | 0.1% |
| 106th | Switzerland | 29.94% | 0.4% |
| 107th | Poland | 29.40% | 0.2% |
| 108th | Guinea | 28.62% | -0.5% |
| 109th | Albania | 28.29% | -0.3% |
| 110th | France | 27.89% | 0.6% |
| 111th | Nigeria | 27.87% | -0.6% |
| 112th | Romania | 27.74% | 0.0% |
| 113th | Italy | 27.66% | 1.0% |
| 114th | Eswatini | 27.30% | 0.3% |
| 115th | Greece | 27.23% | 0.9% |
| 116th | Burkina Faso | 26.92% | -0.7% |
| 117th | Türkiye | 26.04% | 0.2% |
| 118th | Philippines | 24.99% | -0.6% |
| 119th | British Virgin Islands | 24.55% | -0.1% |
| 120th | Singapore | 24.41% | 1.4% |
| 121st | Togo | 23.84% | -0.7% |
| 122nd | Comoros | 23.10% | -1.0% |
| 123rd | Madagascar | 22.75% | -0.5% |
| 124th | India | 22.36% | 0.6% |
| 125th | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.93% | -0.7% |
| 126th | Cuba | 21.62% | 1.7% |
| 127th | Chile | 21.04% | 0.4% |
| 128th | Hungary | 21.04% | 0.6% |
| 129th | Mauritius | 20.53% | 0.2% |
| 130th | Côte d'Ivoire | 18.62% | -4.4% |
| 131st | Bermuda | 18.52% | 0.0% |
| 132nd | Cyprus | 18.23% | 0.6% |
| 133rd | China | 18.22% | 1.2% |
| 134th | Australia | 17.24% | -0.2% |
| 135th | San Marino | 16.67% | 0.0% |
| 136th | Uganda | 16.45% | -1.2% |
| 137th | Ukraine | 16.29% | 0.3% |
| 138th | Bangladesh | 14.75% | 0.0% |
| 139th | South Africa | 14.75% | -0.2% |
| 140th | Barbados | 14.65% | 0.0% |
| 141st | Denmark | 13.99% | 0.7% |
| 142nd | Haiti | 13.84% | -0.1% |
| 143rd | Lebanon | 13.55% | -0.1% |
| 144th | Tonga | 12.43% | 0.0% |
| 145th | Argentina | 12.40% | -0.5% |
| 146th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 12.35% | -1.0% |
| 147th | Morocco | 12.32% | 0.0% |
| 148th | Rwanda | 12.00% | -1.0% |
| 149th | United Kingdom | 11.99% | 0.6% |
| 150th | Azerbaijan | 11.71% | 0.4% |
| 151st | Armenia | 11.71% | -0.1% |
| 152nd | Eritrea | 11.17% | -0.3% |
| 153rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.07% | 0.0% |
| 154th | Mali | 10.90% | 0.0% |
| 155th | Netherlands | 10.52% | 0.4% |
| 156th | Moldova | 10.29% | 0.6% |
| 157th | Namibia | 10.05% | -0.9% |
| 158th | Mongolia | 9.23% | -0.1% |
| 159th | Turkmenistan | 8.78% | 0.0% |
| 160th | Burundi | 8.52% | -3.6% |
| 161st | Ireland | 8.42% | 3.0% |
| 162nd | Cabo Verde | 8.04% | 8.1% |
| 163rd | Kenya | 6.91% | 0.3% |
| 164th | Uruguay | 6.84% | 5.0% |
| 165th | Israel | 6.78% | 1.5% |
| 166th | Uzbekistan | 6.67% | 1.5% |
| 167th | Kyrgyz Republic | 6.09% | 0.4% |
| 168th | Isle of Man | 6.07% | 0.0% |
| 169th | Pakistan | 6.04% | -1.0% |
| 170th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 5.68% | 0.3% |
| 171st | Chad | 5.14% | -0.6% |
| 172nd | Tunisia | 4.25% | 0.4% |
| 173rd | Channel Islands | 4.19% | 0.0% |
| 174th | United Arab Emirates | 4.08% | 2.3% |
| 175th | Tajikistan | 2.93% | 0.0% |
| 176th | Maldives | 2.73% | 0.0% |
| 177th | Aruba | 2.33% | 0.0% |
| 178th | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.25% | 1.5% |
| 179th | Iraq | 1.86% | 0.2% |
| 180th | Afghanistan | 1.85% | 0.0% |
| 181st | West Bank and Gaza | 1.51% | 0.0% |
| 182nd | Kiribati | 1.46% | 0.0% |
| 183rd | Niger | 1.19% | -3.9% |
| 184th | Kazakhstan | 1.17% | 0.0% |
| 185th | Lesotho | 1.14% | 0.0% |
| 186th | Jordan | 1.10% | 0.0% |
| 187th | Malta | 1.09% | 0.0% |
| 188th | Yemen, Republic of | 1.04% | 0.0% |
| 189th | Algeria | 0.67% | -0.5% |
| 190th | Bahrain | 0.46% | 4.8% |
| 191st | Saudi Arabia | 0.45% | 0.0% |
| 192nd | Mauritania | 0.42% | -1.2% |
| 193rd | Iceland | 0.26% | 5.2% |
| 194th | Kuwait | 0.25% | 3.3% |
| 195th | Djibouti | 0.24% | 0.0% |
| 196th | Libya | 0.12% | 0.0% |
| 197th | Faroe Islands | 0.06% | 0.0% |
| 198th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.05% | 2.9% |
| 199th | Oman | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| 200th | Greenland | 0.00% | -16.7% |
| 201st | Gibraltar | 0.00% | - |
| 202nd | Monaco | 0.00% | - |
| 203rd | Nauru | 0.00% | - |
| 204th | Qatar | 0.00% | - |
FAQ
What was Latvia's forest area in 1997?▾
Latvia's forest area in 1997 was 51.76%. This ranked 52nd globally.
How did Latvia's forest area change in 1997?▾
Latvia's forest area increased by 0.2% in 1997 compared to 1996.
Which country had the highest forest area in 1997?▾
Suriname had the highest forest area in 1997 at 95.65%.
What is the forest area of Latvia in 1997?▾
The forest area of Latvia in 1997 was 51.76%. This ranked 52nd globally.
How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Latvia's forest area?▾
Latvia's forest area went from 51.65% in 1996 to 51.76% in 1997, a 0.2% increase.
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