Mexico vs Pakistan
Mexico vs Pakistan: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 34.2% in Mexico and 4.1% in Pakistan, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mexico, by 30 percentage points, or 8.3 times that in Pakistan.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Mexico ranked 100 and Pakistan ranked 182 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Mexico | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34.2 | 4.1 | – |
| 2023 | 34.2 | 4.1 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 34.3 | 4.1 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 34.4 | 4 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 34.4 | 4 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 34.5 | 4 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 34.6 | 4 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 34.6 | 4 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 34.7 | 4 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 34.8 | 3.9 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 34.8 | 4 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 34.9 | 4 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 34.9 | 4 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 35 | 4.1 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 35.1 | 4.1 | 32 |
| 2009 | 35.1 | 4.1 | 32 |
| 2008 | 35.2 | 4.1 | 32 |
| 2007 | 35.3 | 4.2 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 35.4 | 4.2 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 35.4 | 4.2 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 35.5 | 4.2 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 35.6 | 4.2 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 35.7 | 4.3 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 35.7 | 4.3 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 35.8 | 4.3 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 35.9 | 4.3 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 36 | 4.3 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 36.1 | 4.4 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 36.3 | 4.4 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 36.4 | 4.4 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 36.5 | 4.4 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 36.6 | 4.4 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 36.7 | 4.5 | 33 |
| 1991 | 36.8 | 4.5 | – |
| 1990 | 36.9 | 4.5 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Mexico vs Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyMexico: 75.1 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMexico: 43% in 2022Pakistan: 50.6% in 2022
- DepressionMexico: 2.79% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateMexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMexico: 130 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthMexico: 0.88% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMexico: 80% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageMexico: 28.9 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMexico: 8% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateMexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMexico: $13.8B in 2025Pakistan: $11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personMexico: $104 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMexico: 341,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerMexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMexico: 9 million TIV in 2025Pakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMexico: 1 million TIV in 2019Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025