Belize vs Mexico: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 58% in Belize and 34.2% in Mexico, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Belize, by 23.8 percentage points, or 1.7 times that in Mexico.

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% of land · FAO

BelizeMexicoWorld

What the numbers say

Belize has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Belize ranked 36 and Mexico ranked 100 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Belize	Mexico	World
2024	58	34.2	–
2023	58.3	34.2	31.1
2022	58.6	34.3	31.1
2021	59	34.4	31.2
2020	59.3	34.4	31.2
2019	59.6	34.5	31.2
2018	60	34.6	31.3
2017	60.3	34.6	31.3
2016	60.6	34.7	31.3
2015	61	34.8	31.4
2014	61.3	34.8	31.4
2013	61.6	34.9	31.4
2012	62	34.9	31.5
2011	62.3	35	31.9
2010	62.6	35.1	32
2009	62.9	35.1	32
2008	63.3	35.2	32
2007	63.6	35.3	32.1
2006	63.9	35.4	32.1
2005	64.3	35.4	32.1
2004	64.6	35.5	32.2
2003	64.9	35.6	32.3
2002	65.3	35.7	32.3
2001	65.6	35.7	32.3
2000	65.9	35.8	32.4
1999	66.3	35.9	32.5
1998	66.6	36	32.5
1997	66.9	36.1	32.6
1996	67.3	36.3	32.7
1995	67.6	36.4	32.7
1994	67.9	36.5	32.8
1993	68.3	36.6	32.8
1992	68.6	36.7	33
1991	68.9	36.8	–
1990	69.3	36.9	–

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The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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