Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Latvia
Latvia: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade was 5.0% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Latvia, 2002–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 5.0% for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in 2023.
That represents a change of down 28.5% on the previous year and down 73.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Latvia peaked at 18.6% in 2013 and was at its lowest, -37.1%, in 2003.
That places Latvia 36th out of 225 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Latvia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -37.0% | — |
| 2003 | -37.1% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | -35.4% | -4.6% |
| 2005 | -5.3% | -84.9% |
| 2006 | -1.0% | -81.0% |
| 2007 | 3.8% | -472.9% |
| 2008 | 4.3% | +14.9% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | +207.4% |
| 2010 | 13.7% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 14.9% | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 15.4% | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 18.6% | +20.9% |
| 2014 | 14.0% | -24.9% |
| 2015 | 8.7% | -38.0% |
| 2016 | 4.1% | -52.8% |
| 2017 | 5.1% | +24.8% |
| 2018 | 6.2% | +21.1% |
| 2019 | 6.9% | +11.9% |
| 2020 | 9.1% | +31.1% |
| 2021 | 8.5% | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 7.0% | -17.4% |
| 2023 | 5.0% | -28.5% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 5.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is -0.5%. (79 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 5.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is -0.7%. (54 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Latvia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +472.9% | -1.0% | 3.8% |
| 2009 | +207.4% | 4.3% | 13.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -11.8% | -37.1% | 13.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 10.8% | 4.1% | 18.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.4% | 5.0% | 9.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More agriculture & rural data for Latvia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,055 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3137 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Latvia?
- Is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Latvia was 5.0% in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 18.6% in 2013.
- What is the lowest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was -37.1% in 2003.
- How does Latvia rank for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Latvia ranks 36th out of 225 countries with data for 2023.
- Is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage change in surface area devoted to agriculture with respect to 10 years before. Negative values imply that surface area has decreased with respect to the previous decade. This data is used to assess which countries may have already peaked in their agricultural land use.