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Latvia vs Lithuania: Tree cover loss from wildfires

Latvia
5.66 hectares
in 2024
Lithuania
7.28 hectares
in 2024
Latvia rank
123rd
Lithuania rank
121st

Tree cover loss from wildfires over time

  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
0200400600200120122024

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 7.28 hectares against 5.66 hectares in Latvia, a difference of 1.62 hectares.

That makes Lithuania's figure about 1.3 times Latvia's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Latvia ahead.

Latvia ranks 123rd and Lithuania ranks 121st of 152 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Tree cover loss from wildfires
Unit
hectares
Source
Global Forest Watch (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
152 places, 3,353 data points, 2001–2024
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Tree cover loss due to fire with no visible human conversion or agricultural activity afterward. Fires may be started by natural causes (e.g. lightning) or may be related to human activities (accidental or deliberate).