Forest area in Mexico
Mexico: Forest area was 66.27 million hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Mexico, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
In 2025, forest area in Mexico stood at 66.27 million hectares. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Mexico peaked at 71.80 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 66.27 million hectares, in 2025.
Mexico ranks 11th of 235 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 70.81 million hectares | 69.81 million hectares | 71.80 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 68.95 million hectares | 68.30 million hectares | 69.59 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.60 million hectares | 67.03 million hectares | 68.16 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.59 million hectares | 66.27 million hectares | 66.90 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
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 forest area in Mexico?
- Forest area in Mexico was 66.27 million hectares 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 forest area recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 71.80 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.27 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Mexico rank for forest area?
- Mexico ranks 11th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.