India vs Mexico: Forest area
India
72.74 million hectares
in 2025
Mexico
66.27 million hectares
in 2025
India rank
9th
Mexico rank
11th
Forest area over time
- India
- Mexico
How they compare
India currently reports 72.74 million hectares against 66.27 million hectares in Mexico, a difference of 6.47 million hectares.
That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Mexico ahead.
India ranks 9th and Mexico ranks 11th of 235 countries.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.