Latvia's land under cereal production (hectares) was 793,300 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 24.19% from 638,800 in 2014 (2.19% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 793,300 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 733,900 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 638,800 | 2014 |
| Highest | 793,300 | 2024 |
| Lowest | 408,450 | 1995 |
| Average since 2015 | 727,220 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 696,700 | 1992 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Latvia's land under cereal production (hectares) rose 3.9% on 2023 (from 763,400 to 793,300).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.7% and a typical year strayed about 8.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 10.6% in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 29.9% in 1994. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 15,166 a year. A straight line explains 76% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Latvia had the 87th highest value of the 177 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 793,300 | 2024 |
| World | 744.31 million | 2024 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 140.64 million | 2024 |
| High income | 186.34 million | 2024 |
Closest to Latvia in the 2024 ranking
- Uruguay — 84th of 177: 813,974
- Venezuela, RB — 85th of 177: 808,105
- Tunisia — 86th of 177: 795,426
- Korea, Rep. — 88th of 177: 761,624
- Zambia — 89th of 177: 759,622
- Austria — 90th of 177: 726,060
What this measures
Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded.
Limitations: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through annual questionnaires. They are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 33 values
| Year | Land under cereal production (hectares) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 793,300 |
| 2023 | 763,400 |
| 2022 | 774,900 |
| 2021 | 767,800 |
| 2020 | 750,000 |
| 2019 | 733,900 |
| 2018 | 679,800 |
| 2017 | 633,500 |
| 2016 | 706,100 |
| 2015 | 669,500 |
| 2014 |
Land under cereal production (hectares) in nearby economies
More environment data for Latvia
- Population in largest city — 615,764 (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 48.55% (2025)
- Rural population — 579,603 (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 31.37% (2025)
- Urban population — 1.27 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 68.63% (2025)
- Rural population growth (annual %) — -1.46% (2025)
- Urban population growth (annual %) — -0.77% (2025)
- Agricultural land (sq. km) — 19,710 (2024)
- Surface area (sq. km) — 64,590 (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Latvia's land under cereal production (hectares)?
- 793,300 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1992?
- It is up 13.87% from 696,700 in 1992 (0.41% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 793,300 in 2024 and the lowest 408,450 in 1995.
- How does Latvia rank?
- 87th highest of 177 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in land under cereal production (hectares) unusual for Latvia?
- In 2024, Latvia's land under cereal production (hectares) rose 3.9% on 2023 (from 763,400 to 793,300). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.7% and a typical year strayed about 8.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.CREL.HA, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL, note: Item code F1717, publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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