Mexico vs Uzbekistan: Annual forest expansion
Mexico
38,050 hectares per year
in 2020
Uzbekistan
45,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Mexico rank
14th
Uzbekistan rank
11th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Mexico
- Uzbekistan
How they compare
Uzbekistan currently reports 45,000 hectares per year against 38,050 hectares per year in Mexico, a difference of 6,950 hectares per year.
That makes Uzbekistan's figure about 1.2 times Mexico's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Mexico ahead.
Mexico ranks 14th and Uzbekistan ranks 11th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 3 and Uzbekistan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Uzbekistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 454,930 hectares per year | 42,000 hectares per year | 412,930 hectares per year | Mexico |
| 2000s | 271,130 hectares per year | 43,000 hectares per year | 228,130 hectares per year | Mexico |
| 2010s | 38,720 hectares per year | 37,000 hectares per year | 1,720 hectares per year | Mexico |
| 2020s | 38,050 hectares per year | 45,000 hectares per year | 6,950 hectares per year | Uzbekistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Mexico or Uzbekistan?
- Uzbekistan, at 45,000 hectares per year against 38,050 hectares per year in Mexico as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Mexico and Uzbekistan?
- 6,950 hectares per year, with Uzbekistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Uzbekistan?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Mexico and Uzbekistan rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Mexico ranks 14th and Uzbekistan ranks 11th 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).