Mexico vs Spain: Annual forest expansion
Mexico
38,050 hectares per year
in 2020
Spain
34,400 hectares per year
in 2020
Mexico rank
14th
Spain rank
16th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Mexico
- Spain
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 38,050 hectares per year against 34,400 hectares per year in Spain, a difference of 3,650 hectares per year.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Mexico ahead.
Mexico ranks 14th and Spain ranks 16th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 454,930 hectares per year | 318,930 hectares per year | 136,000 hectares per year | Mexico |
| 2000s | 271,130 hectares per year | 152,930 hectares per year | 118,200 hectares per year | Mexico |
| 2010s | 38,720 hectares per year | 44,445 hectares per year | 5,725 hectares per year | Spain |
| 2020s | 38,050 hectares per year | 34,400 hectares per year | 3,650 hectares per year | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Mexico or Spain?
- Mexico, at 38,050 hectares per year against 34,400 hectares per year in Spain as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Mexico and Spain?
- 3,650 hectares per year, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Spain?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Mexico and Spain rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Mexico ranks 14th and Spain ranks 16th of 110 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual forest expansion. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).