Cuba vs Mexico: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 34.9% in Cuba and 34.2% in Mexico, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Cuba, by 0.7 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Mexico.

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% of land · FAO

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What the numbers say

Cuba has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Mexico.
In 2024, Cuba ranked 95 and Mexico ranked 100 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Cuba	Mexico	World
2024	34.9	34.2	–
2023	34.9	34.2	31.1
2022	34.8	34.3	31.1
2021	34.8	34.4	31.2
2020	34.8	34.4	31.2
2019	34.6	34.5	31.2
2018	34.4	34.6	31.3
2017	34.3	34.6	31.3
2016	34	34.7	31.3
2015	33.8	34.8	31.4
2014	33.2	34.8	31.4
2013	32.6	34.9	31.4
2012	31.3	34.9	31.5
2011	30.6	35	31.9
2010	30.2	35.1	32
2009	29.7	35.1	32
2008	29.2	35.2	32
2007	28.7	35.3	32.1
2006	28.2	35.4	32.1
2005	27.8	35.4	32.1
2004	27.3	35.5	32.2
2003	26.8	35.6	32.3
2002	26.3	35.7	32.3
2001	25.6	35.7	32.3
2000	25.1	35.8	32.4
1999	24.8	35.9	32.5
1998	24.4	36	32.5
1997	24.1	36.1	32.6
1996	23.7	36.3	32.7
1995	23.3	36.4	32.7
1994	23	36.5	32.8
1993	22.6	36.6	32.8
1992	22.3	36.7	33
1991	21.9	36.8	–
1990	21.5	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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