Mexico vs Paraguay: Share of global annual deforestation

Mexico

2.0%

in 2020

Paraguay

2.6%

in 2020

Mexico rank

10th

Paraguay rank

8th

Share of global annual deforestation over time

Paraguay currently reports 2.6% against 2.0% in Mexico, a difference of 0.6%.

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

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

Mexico ranks 10th and Paraguay ranks 8th 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.