Mexico - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Mexico was 656,921 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 705,917 in 1990 and a minimum value of 656,921 in 2020.

Definition: 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 (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 705,917
1991 703,706
1992 701,496
1993 699,286
1994 697,075
1995 694,865
1996 692,655
1997 690,444
1998 688,234
1999 686,024
2000 683,814
2001 682,375
2002 680,937
2003 679,499
2004 678,061
2005 676,623
2006 675,185
2007 673,747
2008 672,309
2009 670,871
2010 669,433
2011 668,208
2012 666,984
2013 665,759
2014 664,534
2015 663,309
2016 662,032
2017 660,754
2018 659,476
2019 658,199
2020 656,921

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Mexico was 33.79 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 36.31 in 1990, while its lowest value was 33.79 in 2020.

Definition: 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 (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 36.31
1991 36.20
1992 36.09
1993 35.97
1994 35.86
1995 35.75
1996 35.63
1997 35.52
1998 35.40
1999 35.29
2000 35.18
2001 35.10
2002 35.03
2003 34.95
2004 34.88
2005 34.81
2006 34.73
2007 34.66
2008 34.58
2009 34.51
2010 34.44
2011 34.37
2012 34.31
2013 34.25
2014 34.18
2015 34.12
2016 34.06
2017 33.99
2018 33.92
2019 33.86
2020 33.79

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use