Forest statistics
Latvia forest data in one overview.
A condensed view from normalized VMD/LVM compartments: forest types, dominant species, age structure, area, and stand measurements.
Dataset and cache
This view is cached so statistics over 3M+ compartments do not overload the database on every page view.
Datasetlvm_vmd_public_compartments_allTableref.forest_compartment_searchCalculated10 Jun 2026, 03:31
Compartments3,048,4101.14 ha avg
Total area3,472,261.3 ha3.5m ha
Avg age51.6 yrAvg height: 17.5 m
Avg diameter19.3 cmAvg height: 17.5 m
Estimated trees1.5bn635,053 measured rows
Estimated volume— m³0 measured rows
Dominant species
Dominant species
96%
Priede28.2%
Bērzs26.9%
Egle16.5%
Nezināms10.8%
Apse6.8%
Baltalksnis6.4%
Forest types
Forest types
vēris752,353.8 ha · 775,853 · 21.7%
damaksnis666,273.8 ha · 650,725 · 19.2%
šaurlapju ārenis236,387.5 ha · 215,497 · 6.8%
Nezināms223,190.5 ha · 93,377 · 6.4%
šaurlapju kūdrenis185,912.5 ha · 150,333 · 5.4%
lāns177,412.4 ha · 118,387 · 5.1%
platlapju ārenis173,789.8 ha · 174,161 · 5.0%
slapjais damaksnis148,060.1 ha · 142,132 · 4.3%
niedrājs135,854.3 ha · 114,187 · 3.9%
platlapju kūdrenis124,935.4 ha · 108,407 · 3.6%
slapjais vēris116,910.7 ha · 136,450 · 3.4%
mētrājs96,565.3 ha · 56,827 · 2.8%
Species in stands
Species-presence areas can overlap because one compartment may contain several species.
Bērzs1,864,084.1 ha · 1,713,815 · 53.7%
Egle1,307,132.6 ha · 1,107,200 · 37.6%
Priede1,233,407.0 ha · 936,517 · 35.5%
Apse628,835.5 ha · 603,048 · 18.1%
Baltalksnis523,054.6 ha · 639,303 · 15.1%
Melnalksnis410,284.2 ha · 385,839 · 11.8%
Ozols64,205.2 ha · 68,193 · 1.8%
Blīgzna55,568.0 ha · 75,346 · 1.6%
Osis39,263.7 ha · 38,513 · 1.1%
Liepa18,594.8 ha · 19,212 · 0.5%
Age classes
<20756,995.2 ha · 664,106 · 21.8%
20–39623,425.3 ha · 570,309 · 18.0%
40–59396,909.2 ha · 416,224 · 11.4%
60–79508,799.0 ha · 498,912 · 14.7%
80–99409,556.7 ha · 352,230 · 11.8%
100–119230,328.3 ha · 170,582 · 6.6%
120+171,873.8 ha · 110,428 · 4.9%
Nezināms374,373.8 ha · 265,619 · 10.8%
Height classes
<10 m815,099.8 ha · 703,310 · 23.5%
10–19 m784,929.1 ha · 708,290 · 22.6%
20–29 m1,347,882.4 ha · 1,250,356 · 38.8%
30+ m149,976.2 ha · 120,835 · 4.3%
Nezināms374,373.8 ha · 265,619 · 10.8%
Methodology
- Dominējošās sugas un meža tipu platības ir savstarpēji nesummējošas kategorijas.
- Sugu klātbūtnes platības var pārklāties, jo vienā nogabalā var būt vairākas sugas.
- Koku un krājas aplēses tiek rēķinātas tikai tur, kur avotā ir koki/ha vai m³/ha vērtības.