Forest area in Mexico

Forest area in Mexico: 36.9% in 1990 and 34.2% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 34.2%
Since 1990: −2.8 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 100 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Mexico	World
2024	34.2	–
2023	34.2	31.1
2022	34.3	31.1
2021	34.4	31.2
2020	34.4	31.2
2019	34.5	31.2
2018	34.6	31.3
2017	34.6	31.3
2016	34.7	31.3
2015	34.8	31.4
2014	34.8	31.4
2013	34.9	31.4
2012	34.9	31.5
2011	35	31.9
2010	35.1	32
2009	35.1	32
2008	35.2	32
2007	35.3	32.1
2006	35.4	32.1
2005	35.4	32.1
2004	35.5	32.2
2003	35.6	32.3
2002	35.7	32.3
2001	35.7	32.3
2000	35.8	32.4
1999	35.9	32.5
1998	36	32.5
1997	36.1	32.6
1996	36.3	32.7
1995	36.4	32.7
1994	36.5	32.8
1993	36.6	32.8
1992	36.7	33
1991	36.8	–
1990	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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