Argentina vs Mexico: Share of global annual deforestation

Argentina

2.3%

in 2020

Mexico

2.0%

in 2020

Argentina rank

9th

Mexico rank

10th

Share of global annual deforestation over time

Argentina currently reports 2.3% against 2.0% in Mexico, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Argentina's figure about 1.2 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Mexico ahead.

Argentina ranks 9th and Mexico ranks 10th of 112 countries.

Indicator: Share of global annual deforestation
Unit: %
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: 112 places, 560 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of global deforestation represents the proportion of a country's deforestation relative to the total global deforestation.