Indonesia vs Mexico: Forest area

Indonesia
95.97 million hectares
in 2025
Mexico
66.27 million hectares
in 2025
Indonesia rank
8th
Mexico rank
11th

Forest area over time

  • Indonesia
  • Mexico
025.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M125.0M199020072025

How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 95.97 million hectares against 66.27 million hectares in Mexico, a difference of 29.70 million hectares.

That makes Indonesia's figure about 1.4 times Mexico's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Indonesia has been ahead every year.

Indonesia ranks 8th and Mexico ranks 11th of 235 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Forest area
Unit
hectares
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
235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

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.