Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Mexico
Mexico: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was -0.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Mexico, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Mexico stood at -0.2%.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Mexico peaked at -0.2% in 2011 and was at its lowest, -0.3%, in 2000.
Mexico ranks 173rd of 228 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.3% | -0.3% | -0.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.2% | -0.3% | -0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 6 |
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More environment data for Mexico
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 686.78 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.25 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 87.24 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 2.11 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 11.8 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0973 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 150.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.2057 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.6771 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 48.48 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Mexico?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Mexico was -0.2% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was -0.2% in 2011.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.3% in 2000.
- How does Mexico rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Mexico ranks 173rd out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.