Australia vs Mexico: Land use

Australia
31.37 million hectares
in 2023
Mexico
24.45 million hectares
in 2023
Australia rank
11th
Mexico rank
14th

Land use over time

  • Australia
  • Mexico
010.0M20.0M30.0M196119922023

How they compare

Australia currently reports 31.37 million hectares against 24.45 million hectares in Mexico, a difference of 6.93 million hectares.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mexico ahead.

Australia ranks 11th and Mexico ranks 14th of 223 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land use
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
225 places, 13,015 data points, 1961–2023
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