Bolivia vs Mexico: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 50.2% in Bolivia and 34.2% in Mexico, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bolivia, by 16 percentage points, or 1.47 times that in Mexico.

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% of land · FAO

BoliviaMexicoWorld

What the numbers say

Bolivia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2024, Bolivia ranked 58 and Mexico ranked 100 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Bolivia	Mexico	World
2024	50.2	34.2	–
2023	50.4	34.2	31.1
2022	50.6	34.3	31.1
2021	50.9	34.4	31.2
2020	51.3	34.4	31.2
2019	51.5	34.5	31.2
2018	51.7	34.6	31.3
2017	51.9	34.6	31.3
2016	52.1	34.7	31.3
2015	52.3	34.8	31.4
2014	52.5	34.8	31.4
2013	52.6	34.9	31.4
2012	52.8	34.9	31.5
2011	52.9	35	31.9
2010	53.1	35.1	32
2009	53.2	35.1	32
2008	53.4	35.2	32
2007	53.5	35.3	32.1
2006	53.7	35.4	32.1
2005	53.8	35.4	32.1
2004	54	35.5	32.2
2003	54.1	35.6	32.3
2002	54.3	35.7	32.3
2001	54.4	35.7	32.3
2000	54.5	35.8	32.4
1999	54.8	35.9	32.5
1998	55	36	32.5
1997	55.3	36.1	32.6
1996	55.5	36.3	32.7
1995	55.8	36.4	32.7
1994	56	36.5	32.8
1993	56.3	36.6	32.8
1992	56.5	36.7	33
1991	56.8	36.8	–
1990	57	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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