Colombia vs Mexico: Share of global forest area

Colombia
1.4%
in 2025
Mexico
1.6%
in 2025
Colombia rank
13th
Mexico rank
11th

Share of global forest area over time

  • Colombia
  • Mexico
00.511.5199020072025

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 1.6% against 1.4% in Colombia, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.

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

Colombia ranks 13th and Mexico ranks 11th of 235 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of global forest area
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
235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

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