Colombia vs Mexico: Annual change in forest area

Colombia

-133,284 hectares

in 2025

Mexico

-127,766 hectares

in 2025

Colombia rank

222nd

Mexico rank

220th

Annual change in forest area over time

Mexico currently reports -127,766 hectares against -133,284 hectares in Colombia, a difference of 5,518 hectares.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Mexico ahead.

Colombia ranks 222nd and Mexico ranks 220th of 235 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in forest area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,225 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.