Statistics by theme
Forestry
Statistical tables
Database is an online tool to select, view and download statistical tables.
Publications and press releases
The collection of statistics presents information on environmental investment and current expenditure on protection of natural resources and environment (sample survey data), it also contains information on the emission of polluting substances into the atmosphere from stationary sources, environmental quality, greenhouse gas emissions, consumption of energy resources, natural resources and utilisation thereof (material flow accounts, resources efficiency), forestry and waste management in 2019. The indicators are comparable to the previous years and in some tables are broken down by city.
The information on air protection, environmental quality, air emissions accounts, as well as generation of municipal and hazardous waste was developed based on the data of the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre.
The text, tables and graphs of the informative leaflet cover the key statistics on forest areas, forest stand structure areas by main tree species, tree species in forest stands of Latvia, total standing timber, average timber volume and forest area in breakdown by forest growing condition type, damaged forest stands and those with lost vegetative vigour, nature protection forest areas, afforestation, felling and standing timber areas in breakdown by type of felling, forest regeneration, forest regeneration and tending costs, average forestry costs, purchase prices of coniferous and deciduous saw logs, forest fires, and game animals.
In 2019, rise in forest regeneration and tending costs observed
In 2019, the average forest regeneration costs in Latvia comprised 705–860 EUR/ha, depending on the forest land quality group.