Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Mexico
Mexico: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 79,404 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Mexico, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 79,404 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Mexico peaked at 83,895 1000 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 79,224 1000 ha, in 2006.
That places Mexico 10th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Mexico, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 80,323 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 79,979 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 79,612 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 80,274 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 79,634 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 79,224 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 79,712 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 79,426 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 80,530 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 81,288 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 80,597 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 80,984 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 81,055 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 82,330 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 83,895 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 83,541 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 82,905 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 83,291 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 83,627 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 83,817 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 81,692 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 79,676 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 79,833 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 79,404 1000 ha | -0.5% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 79,404 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,768 1000 ha, 28.7× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 79,404 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,846 1000 ha, 43.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 79,857 1000 ha | 79,224 1000 ha | 80,530 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 82,351 1000 ha | 80,597 1000 ha | 83,895 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 80,884 1000 ha | 79,404 1000 ha | 83,817 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 7 Colombia 101,965 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 46,236 1000 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 23,082 1000 ha compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 95,988 1000 ha compare
- 9 Australia 80,274 1000 ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 19,724 1000 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 15,715 1000 ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7,856 1000 ha compare
- 11 Peru 78,982 1000 ha compare
- 12 Angola 72,958 1000 ha compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,991 1000 ha compare
- 13 Argentina 58,070 1000 ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 1,309 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Mexico
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.6859 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.6189 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.234 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.62 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.1645 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.5194 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Mexico?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Mexico was 79,404 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 83,895 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 79,224 1000 ha in 2006.
- How does Mexico rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Mexico ranks 10th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.