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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Mexico: Drivers of deforestation

Democratic Republic of Congo
44,747 hectares
in 2023
Mexico
32,952 hectares
in 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
6th
Mexico rank
8th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 44,747 hectares against 32,952 hectares in Mexico, a difference of 11,796 hectares.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.4 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 6th and Mexico ranks 8th of 166 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Drivers of deforestation
Unit
hectares
Source
Singh et al. (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
166 places, 2,829 data points, 2001–2023
Last refreshed

Estimates of commodity-driven deforestation, measured in hectares per year. This includes deforestation caused by the production of agricultural products and forestry, which account for approximately 90% of the world's deforestation.