What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Iceland and Latvia?

126,400 hectares, with Latvia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Latvia?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iceland vs Latvia: Agricultural area over the long-term

Iceland

1.87 million hectares

in 2025

Latvia

2.00 million hectares

in 2025

Iceland rank

120th

Latvia rank

118th

Agricultural area over the long-term over time

Iceland
Latvia

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 2.00 million hectares against 1.87 million hectares in Iceland, a difference of 126,400 hectares.

That makes Latvia's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 120th and Latvia ranks 118th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 18 and Latvia in 22.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	597,845 hectares	179,052 hectares	418,793 hectares	Iceland
1100s	837,841 hectares	182,484 hectares	655,357 hectares	Iceland
1200s	838,698 hectares	185,327 hectares	653,371 hectares	Iceland
1300s	839,552 hectares	187,387 hectares	652,165 hectares	Iceland
1400s	720,347 hectares	188,399 hectares	531,948 hectares	Iceland
1500s	721,076 hectares	187,988 hectares	533,088 hectares	Iceland
1600s	601,502 hectares	185,590 hectares	415,912 hectares	Iceland
1700s	596,543 hectares	180,283 hectares	416,260 hectares	Iceland
1710s	608,779 hectares	208,389 hectares	400,390 hectares	Iceland
1720s	621,265 hectares	240,808 hectares	380,457 hectares	Iceland
1730s	634,008 hectares	278,188 hectares	355,820 hectares	Iceland
1740s	647,011 hectares	321,267 hectares	325,744 hectares	Iceland
1750s	660,282 hectares	370,890 hectares	289,392 hectares	Iceland
1760s	673,824 hectares	428,022 hectares	245,802 hectares	Iceland
1770s	687,644 hectares	493,759 hectares	193,885 hectares	Iceland
1780s	701,748 hectares	569,350 hectares	132,398 hectares	Iceland
1790s	716,141 hectares	656,213 hectares	59,928 hectares	Iceland
1800s	730,830 hectares	755,952 hectares	25,122 hectares	Latvia
1810s	745,819 hectares	870,377 hectares	124,558 hectares	Latvia
1820s	776,972 hectares	981,090 hectares	204,118 hectares	Latvia
1830s	809,427 hectares	1.11 million hectares	295,733 hectares	Latvia
1840s	843,237 hectares	1.24 million hectares	400,803 hectares	Latvia
1850s	878,460 hectares	1.40 million hectares	520,780 hectares	Latvia
1860s	915,154 hectares	1.57 million hectares	657,256 hectares	Latvia
1870s	924,490 hectares	1.72 million hectares	791,720 hectares	Latvia
1880s	933,921 hectares	1.87 million hectares	937,119 hectares	Latvia
1890s	943,449 hectares	2.04 million hectares	1.09 million hectares	Latvia
1900s	953,074 hectares	2.21 million hectares	1.26 million hectares	Latvia
1910s	962,797 hectares	2.40 million hectares	1.44 million hectares	Latvia
1920s	1.20 million hectares	2.47 million hectares	1.26 million hectares	Latvia
1930s	1.38 million hectares	2.52 million hectares	1.14 million hectares	Latvia
1940s	1.57 million hectares	2.52 million hectares	947,730 hectares	Latvia
1950s	1.89 million hectares	2.44 million hectares	555,023 hectares	Latvia
1960s	2.12 million hectares	2.53 million hectares	414,257 hectares	Latvia
1970s	1.96 million hectares	2.53 million hectares	576,029 hectares	Latvia
1980s	1.90 million hectares	2.54 million hectares	640,422 hectares	Latvia
1990s	1.90 million hectares	2.15 million hectares	250,619 hectares	Latvia
2000s	1.88 million hectares	1.71 million hectares	175,000 hectares	Iceland
2010s	1.87 million hectares	1.89 million hectares	13,370 hectares	Latvia
2020s	1.87 million hectares	1.98 million hectares	108,333 hectares	Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, Iceland or Latvia?: Latvia, at 2.00 million hectares against 1.87 million hectares in Iceland as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Iceland and Latvia?: 126,400 hectares, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Latvia?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Iceland and Latvia rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term?: Iceland ranks 120th and Latvia ranks 118th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Agricultural area over the long-term
Unit: hectares
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Total agricultural area for each separate country over time.