Timber felled and removed from the forest
1. Contact
Responsible agency
Unit
Contact person
Position
Email (agency)
Phone
2. Statistical presentation
Data description
Statistics on the volume of timber felled and removed from the forest are compiled for five-year periods ending on 31 December of the previous year. Therefore, annual indicators are calculated as averages for the preceding five-year period.
For example, the 2025 figures represent the average annual volume of timber felled and removed from the forest over the period 2020–2024, while the 2024 figures represent the average annual volume over the period 2019–2023.
Statistical concepts and definitions
Statistical unit
Timber felled and removed from all forests, irrespective of ownership type and tree species.
Statistical population
Geographical coverage – Latvia.
3. Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements
- Law on Forests of 24 February 2000;
- Cabinet Regulations No 51 of 18 January 2022 on monitoring of forest resources.
4. Accessibility and clarity
On-line database
5. Comparability
Comparability - geographical
Information on Latvia is published on the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) platform under the section Increment and fellings.
Length of comparable time series
Comparable data are available for the period starting from 2014.
6. Coherence
Coherence- cross domain
N/A
7. Statistical processing (data source etc.)
Source data
- National forest monitoring (available in Latvian) conducted by the Latvian State Forest Research Institute Silava;
- Reports on tree felling submitted by forest owners and legal holders.
Data collection
Monitoring of forest resources is carried out by building a network of plots and selecting tracks with four plots in each. The tracts are distributed evenly throughout the whole country.
Data compilation
Repeated measurements in sample plots are used to assess changes over a five-year period. Annual indicators are derived by dividing the total change observed during the re-measurement period by the number of years in that period.
Monitoring is carried out in accordance with the National Forest Monitoring Methodology (available in Latvian) developed by the Latvian State Forest Research Institute Silava.