Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Latvia

Arable land in Latvia in 2023 — 1,360,000 ha. Ranked 95 in the world out of 206. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 19.4%.

2023 1.36M ha +0.22% vs 2022
World rank 95of 206
Period maximum 1.71M ha1994
Period minimum 957,000 ha2003

Trend over time

1992–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Latvia, 1992–2023800,0001M1.2M1.4M1.6M1.8M1992199620002004200820122016202020231992: 1,688,000 ha1993: 1,687,000 ha1994: 1,710,000 ha1995: 1,002,000 ha1996: 1,060,000 ha1997: 1,079,000 ha1998: 1,059,000 ha1999: 987,000 ha2000: 970,000 ha2001: 958,000 ha2002: 973,000 ha2003: 957,000 ha2004: 1,009,000 ha2005: 1,092,000 ha2006: 1,205,000 ha2007: 1,188,000 ha2008: 1,170,000 ha2009: 1,168,000 ha2010: 1,173,000 ha2011: 1,158,000 ha2012: 1,178,000 ha2013: 1,208,000 ha2014: 1,209,000 ha2015: 1,229,800 ha2016: 1,288,000 ha2017: 1,290,000 ha2018: 1,295,000 ha2019: 1,319,000 ha2020: 1,334,000 ha2021: 1,362,000 ha2022: 1,357,000 ha2023: 1,360,000 ha
Change over the period: −328,000 (−19.43%) Average annual rate: -0.69 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latvia

Latvia 1.36M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Europe & Central Asia computed 331M ha
Northern Europe computed 18.94M ha
High-income countries computed 458M ha
Arable land — Latvia, by year Latvia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 1.36M +3,000 +0.22%
2022 1.36M −5,000 −0.37%
2021 1.36M +28,000 +2.1%
2020 1.33M +15,000 +1.14%
2019 1.32M +24,000 +1.85%
2018 1.3M +5,000 +0.39%
2017 1.29M +2,000 +0.16%
2016 1.29M +58,200 +4.73%
2015 1.23M +20,800 +1.72%
2014 1.21M +1,000 +0.08%
2013 1.21M +30,000 +2.55%
2012 1.18M +20,000 +1.73%
2011 1.16M −15,000 −1.28%
2010 1.17M +5,000 +0.43%
2009 1.17M −2,000 −0.17%
2008 1.17M −18,000 −1.52%
2007 1.19M −17,000 −1.41%
2006 1.21M +113,000 +10.35%
2005 1.09M +83,000 +8.23%
2004 1.01M +52,000 +5.43%
2003 957,000 −16,000 −1.64%
2002 973,000 +15,000 +1.57%
2001 958,000 −12,000 −1.24%
2000 970,000 −17,000 −1.72%
1999 987,000 −72,000 −6.8%
1998 1.06M −20,000 −1.85%
1997 1.08M +19,000 +1.79%
1996 1.06M +58,000 +5.79%
1995 1M −708,000 −41.4%
1994 1.71M +23,000 +1.36%
1993 1.69M −1,000 −0.06%
1992 1.69M

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.