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Mexico vs United States: Drivers of deforestation

Mexico
32,952 hectares
in 2023
United States
39,492 hectares
in 2023
Mexico rank
8th
United States rank
7th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Mexico
  • United States
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How they compare

United States currently reports 39,492 hectares against 32,952 hectares in Mexico, a difference of 6,541 hectares.

That makes United States's figure about 1.2 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2001 it was United States ahead.

Mexico ranks 8th and United States ranks 7th 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.