Forest area in Mexico

Forests covered 34.2% of the land area of Mexico in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mexico, 2024 34.2% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 34.2%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Mexico (2024).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 34.3% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 100th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Mexico over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period MexicoWorld
2024 34.2% –
2023 34.2% 31.1%
2022 34.3% 31.1%
2021 34.4% 31.2%
2020 34.4% 31.2%
2019 34.5% 31.2%
2018 34.5% 31.3%
2017 34.6% 31.3%
2016 34.7% 31.3%
2015 34.7% 31.4%
2014 34.8% 31.4%
2013 34.9% 31.4%
2012 34.9% 31.5%
2011 35.0% 31.9%
2010 35.1% 31.9%
2009 35.1% 32.0%
2008 35.2% 32.0%
2007 35.3% 32.1%
2006 35.4% 32.1%
2005 35.4% 32.1%
2004 35.5% 32.2%
2003 35.6% 32.3%
2002 35.7% 32.3%
2001 35.7% 32.3%
2000 35.8% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 34.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 34.8%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Mexico has the 100th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Mexico
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)