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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Mexico: Annual deforestation as a share of forest area

Democratic Republic of Congo
0.2%
in 2020
Mexico
0.2%
in 2020
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
38th
Mexico rank
35th

Annual deforestation as a share of forest area over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Mexico
0.20.40.60.81199020052020

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.2 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Mexico ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 38th and Mexico ranks 35th of 105 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual deforestation as a share of forest area
Unit
%
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
105 places, 525 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

Annual deforestation as share of forest area represents the yearly percentage of forest area lost due to deforestation relative to the total forest area.