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Economic Indicator: Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2008
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Lats
Currency Symbol: LVL
Natural resources: peat, limestone, dolomite, amber, hydropower, timber, arable land
Agriculture - products: grain, rapeseed, potatoes, vegetables; pork, poultry, milk, eggs; fish
Land use: arable land: 28.19% permanent crops: 0.45% other: 71.36% (2005)
Irrigated land: 8 sq km note: land in Latvia is often too wet and in need of drainage not irrigation; approximately 16,000 sq km or 85% of agricultural land has been improved by drainage (2008)
Total renewable water resources: 49.9 cu km (2005)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): total: 0.25 cu km/yr (55%/33%/12%) per capita: 108 cu m/yr (2003)