Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Latvia
Latvia: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 3,300 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Latvia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Latvia stood at 3,300 ha.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and down 61.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Latvia peaked at 15,500 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2,296 ha, in 2018.
Latvia ranks 151st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Latvia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 13,897 ha | — |
| 1993 | 13,602 ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 12,882 ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 12,886 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 12,204 ha | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 14,200 ha | +16.4% |
| 1998 | 11,945 ha | -15.9% |
| 1999 | 10,283 ha | -13.9% |
| 2000 | 10,061 ha | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 13,715 ha | +36.3% |
| 2002 | 12,906 ha | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 15,500 ha | +20.1% |
| 2004 | 14,392 ha | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 13,700 ha | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 14,800 ha | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 11,900 ha | -19.6% |
| 2008 | 9,987 ha | -16.1% |
| 2009 | 9,484 ha | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 8,967 ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 9,086 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 9,582 ha | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 8,769 ha | -8.5% |
| 2014 | 8,555 ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 8,432 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 8,617 ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 8,192 ha | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 2,296 ha | -72.0% |
| 2019 | 2,831 ha | +23.3% |
| 2020 | 3,021 ha | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 2,773 ha | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 3,003 ha | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 3,168 ha | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 3,300 ha | +4.2% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 3,300 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 39% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 3,300 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 29,190 ha, 11% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -72.0% | 8,192 ha | 2,296 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,737 ha | 10,283 ha | 14,200 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 12,644 ha | 9,484 ha | 15,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,533 ha | 2,296 ha | 9,582 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,053 ha | 2,773 ha | 3,300 ha | 5 |
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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Latvia?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Latvia was 3,300 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 15,500 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,296 ha in 2018.
- How does Latvia rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Latvia ranks 151st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.