Deforestation statistics for Mexico

Total land area: Mexico

Total land area	ha
Land area	195,579,567
Tree cover in 2018	48,507,856

Forest and tree cover extent: Mexico

Extent of primary forest cover and tree cover for Mexico. All area figures are in hectares (ha)

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2000		53,302,350
2001	9,213,394
2010	8,987,394	50,467,763
2018	8,685,283	48,507,856
Primary/Total tree cover 2018	18%
Tree cover/Total land area 2018		24.8%

Primary forest loss and tree cover loss: Mexico

Annual loss of primary forest cover and tree cover for Mexico by year. All area figures are in hectares (ha)

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2001		158,653
2002	14,329	159,118
2003	17,925	152,878
2004	18,119	170,246
2005	23,058	170,246
2006	19,398	179,458
2007	28,987	219,059
2008	29,568	184,749
2009	46,684	281,887
2010	27,933	167,089
2011	29,571	187,186
2012	28,226	175,087
2013	36,628	219,485
2014	23,837	171,130
2015	32,682	198,002
2016	50,145	274,798
2017	55,702	299,399
2018	45,321	267,731
Primary loss 2002-2018	528,111
Tree cover loss 2001-2018		3,477,548
Primary loss/ Total tree cover loss	15.2%
Percent loss 2001-2018	5.7%
Loss/year (2001/2-2010)	25,111.08	184,338
Loss/year (2011-2018)	37,763.93	224,102

Biodiversity data: Mexico

Species count by taxa for Mexico. For consistency, all data for a given group comes from a single source. Amphibians - amphibiaweb; Reptiles - reptile-database; Fish - fishbase; Birds - birdlife; Mammals - IUCN; and Plants - World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC).

Animal / plant group	Species count
Birds	1104
Amphibians	396
Reptiles	957
Fishes	2624
Mammals	523
Vascular plants	26071

Conservation data: Mexico

Data on threatened species in Mexico as of 2018, according to the IUCN Red List.

Taxa	Species count
Threatened mammals (2018)	96
Threatened birds (2018)	71
Threatened fishes (2018)	181
Threatened higher plants (2018)	484

Protected areas data: Mexico

Data on threatened species in Mexico as of 2017, according to the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) maintained by the United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).

Protected areas (2017)	Percentage
Terrestrial protected areas, % of total land area	14.5
Marine protected areas, % of territorial waters

Tree cover loss data for Mexico

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% tree cover loss since 2000	Avg tree cover loss/year (ha)	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
10	195579567	63865314	32.70%	56004961	28.60%	54127182	27.70%	3804116	6.00%	211340	192634	234722
15	195579567	60450321	30.90%	54974759	28.10%	53123217	27.20%	3766961	6.20%	209276	191542	231443
20	195579567	57637794	29.50%	54121464	27.70%	52292005	26.70%	3733605	6.50%	207423	190415	228682
25	195579567	55354890	28.30%	52607765	26.90%	50795116	26.00%	3705424	6.70%	205857	189278	226581
30	195579567	53302350	27.30%	50467763	25.80%	48674945	24.90%	3673191	6.90%	204066	188037	224102
50	195579567	42224482	21.60%	38729651	19.80%	37074845	19.00%	3370674	8.00%	187260	171587	206851
75	195579567	29561895	15.10%	26686436	13.60%	25369271	13.00%	2675839	9.10%	148658	135867	164646

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Mexico

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Biomass loss 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg biomass loss/year (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year (Mt)
10	195579567	63865314	56004961	12705628501	494647302	27480406	906853421	50380746
15	195579567	60450321	54974759	12344538951	492450319	27358351	902825785	50156988
20	195579567	57637794	54121464	12022193743	490511539	27250641	899271282	49959516
25	195579567	55354890	52607765	11777131526	488964941	27164719	896435942	49801997
30	195579567	53302350	50467763	11534735435	486981202	27054511	892798931	49599941
50	195579567	42224482	38729651	10063391832	467612838	25978491	857290442	47627247
75	195579567	29561895	26686436	7839852308	403690835	22427269	740099840	41116658

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Mexico

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% cover in 2018	Loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% loss since 2000	Avg loss/year since 2000 (ha)	Loss 2001-2010 (ha)	loss between 2000-2010	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Loss 2011-2018 (ha)	loss between 2011-2018	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
Aguascalientes	522097	13571	9569	9568	2%	13	0%	1	12	0%	1	1	0%	-
Baja California	7373743	49298	81934	79779	1%	14294	29%	794	12139	25%	1,214	2155	3%	269
Baja California Sur	7125708	49586	89214	89097	1%	816	2%	45	699	1%	70	117	0%	15
Campeche	5756417	4593426	4425916	4097607	71%	645480	14%	35,860	317171	7%	31,717	328309	7%	41,039
Chiapas	7386502	4858067	4646052	4319984	58%	575718	12%	31,984	249650	5%	24,965	326068	7%	40,759
Chihuahua	24009025	3072166	1914727	1897602	8%	23869	1%	1,326	6744	0%	674	17125	1%	2,141
Coahuila	15466022	666683	532822	527654	3%	12907	2%	717	7739	1%	774	5168	1%	646
Colima	560682	297423	308177	305656	55%	5184	2%	288	2663	1%	266	2521	1%	315
Distrito Federal	161435	41846	40786	40735	25%	151	0%	8	100	0%	10	51	0%	6
Durango	12429852	3219726	2785849	2772212	22%	21644	1%	1,202	8007	0%	801	13637	0%	1,705
Guanajuato	3094262	278843	277918	277279	9%	1343	0%	75	704	0%	70	639	0%	80
Guerrero	6516151	3085423	3251448	3183845	49%	104281	3%	5,793	36678	1%	3,668	67603	2%	8,450
Hidalgo	2254608	868830	827299	799955	35%	55442	6%	3,080	28098	3%	2,810	27344	3%	3,418
Jalisco	7634097	2421046	2587223	2560242	34%	41586	2%	2,310	14605	1%	1,461	26981	1%	3,373
Michoacán	5938388	2406305	2585265	2538241	43%	74974	3%	4,165	27950	1%	2,795	47024	2%	5,878
Morelos	511377	106417	128245	127882	25%	809	1%	45	446	0%	45	363	0%	45
México	2332386	693435	719138	715212	31%	7101	1%	395	3175	0%	318	3926	1%	491
Nayarit	2747139	1220893	1279562	1266137	46%	21135	2%	1,174	7710	1%	771	13425	1%	1,678
Nuevo León	6514751	1050216	917230	901703	14%	49803	5%	2,767	34276	3%	3,428	15527	2%	1,941
Oaxaca	9099234	5058335	4863610	4698609	52%	320109	6%	17,784	155108	3%	15,511	165001	3%	20,625
Puebla	3386215	988616	959280	932126	28%	48603	5%	2,700	21449	2%	2,145	27154	3%	3,394
Querétaro	1155946	332898	301496	300192	26%	2689	1%	149	1385	0%	139	1304	0%	163
Quintana Roo	4376313	3758999	3721108	3514897	80%	460726	12%	25,596	254515	7%	25,452	206211	6%	25,776
San Luis Potosí	6307656	1233133	1135261	1101950	17%	63902	5%	3,550	30591	2%	3,059	33311	3%	4,164
Sinaloa	5356844	2372036	2239258	2225745	42%	42557	2%	2,364	29044	1%	2,904	13513	1%	1,689
Sonora	18538749	1029280	1004030	999442	5%	10431	1%	580	5843	1%	584	4588	0%	574
Tabasco	2386427	828802	953580	887229	37%	116154	14%	6,453	49803	6%	4,980	66351	7%	8,294
Tamaulipas	7902917	2420919	2200032	2152726	27%	123797	5%	6,878	76491	3%	7,649	47306	2%	5,913
Tlaxcala	419388	75267	66256	65811	16%	1084	1%	60	639	1%	64	445	1%	56
Veracruz	6924088	2991000	2764312	2589966	37%	390708	13%	21,706	216362	7%	21,636	174346	6%	21,793
Yucatán	3814797	2916663	2625842	2470747	65%	435306	15%	24,184	280211	10%	28,021	155095	6%	19,387
Zacatecas	7576351	303202	225324	225115	3%	575	0%	32	366	0%	37	209	0%	26

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Mexico

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2011-18 (Mt)
Aguascalientes	522097	13571	9569	721387	1081	60	93	19
Baja California	7373743	49298	81934	5700585	1534218	85234	131057	27956
Baja California Sur	7125708	49586	89214	8381822	115297	6405	9689	2301
Campeche	5756417	4593426	4425916	1130080035	148059196	8225511	7241589	9455414
Chiapas	7386502	4858067	4646052	1563396401	189221040	10512280	8254626	13334347
Chihuahua	24009025	3072166	1914727	275352629	2326268	129237	74842	197232
Coahuila	15466022	666683	532822	50596837	1006025	55890	59517	51357
Colima	560682	297423	308177	73037158	1059274	58849	54153	64718
Distrito Federal	161435	41846	40786	16573879	66452	3692	4538	2634
Durango	12429852	3219726	2785849	378656645	3092344	171797	125328	229883
Guanajuato	3094262	278843	277918	44712296	319221	17735	11879	25054
Guerrero	6516151	3085423	3251448	797159978	27745685	1541427	1000855	2217142
Hidalgo	2254608	868830	827299	199442754	16020151	890008	837755	955325
Jalisco	7634097	2421046	2587223	595500076	10476712	582040	347939	874666
Michoacán	5938388	2406305	2585265	651478197	22686968	1260387	846891	1777257
Morelos	511377	106417	128245	25354516	249097	13839	14223	13358
México	2332386	693435	719138	243864564	2507707	139317	111181	174487
Nayarit	2747139	1220893	1279562	233185208	4679196	259955	163301	380773
Nuevo León	6514751	1050216	917230	71467774	2163019	120168	153353	78686
Oaxaca	9099234	5058335	4863610	1518587720	102940085	5718894	4951033	6678719
Puebla	3386215	988616	959280	292346271	14304282	794682	638357	990089
Querétaro	1155946	332898	301496	40682110	360346	20019	18871	21455
Quintana Roo	4376313	3758999	3721108	913859722	110608524	6144918	6222325	6048159
San Luis Potosí	6307656	1233133	1135261	186152372	14928488	829360	751967	926103
Sinaloa	5356844	2372036	2239258	428078133	7271449	403969	494271	291092
Sonora	18538749	1029280	1004030	99891820	1026103	57006	60514	52621
Tabasco	2386427	828802	953580	171374036	26746556	1485920	1188829	1857283
Tamaulipas	7902917	2420919	2200032	253315104	12025261	668070	697414	631391
Tlaxcala	419388	75267	66256	32847285	479401	26633	26619	26651
Veracruz	6924088	2991000	2764312	709804605	92791297	5155072	5259669	5024327
Yucatán	3814797	2916663	2625842	501097486	75946758	4219264	4947607	3308836
Zacatecas	7576351	303202	225324	22036030	41430	2302	2633	1887

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Mexico

This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Avg biomass per ha (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2011-18 (Mt)
Aguascalientes	522097	13571	9569	393485	29	593	33	51	11
Baja California	7373743	49298	81934	3109410	63	836845	46491	71486	15249
Baja California Sur	7125708	49586	89214	4571903	93	62888	3494	5285	1255
Campeche	5756417	4593426	4425916	616407293	134	80759573	4486643	3949958	5157499
Chiapas	7386502	4858067	4646052	852761673	176	103211468	5733970	4502522	7273281
Chihuahua	24009025	3072166	1914727	150192342	49	1268861	70492	40822	107581
Coahuila	15466022	666683	532822	27598277	41	548729	30485	32463	28013
Colima	560682	297423	308177	39838450	134	577788	32099	29539	35300
Distrito Federal	161435	41846	40786	9040299	216	36248	2014	2475	1437
Durango	12429852	3219726	2785849	206539989	64	1686739	93708	68362	125391
Guanajuato	3094262	278843	277918	24388528	87	174127	9674	6480	13666
Guerrero	6516151	3085423	3251448	434814535	141	15134010	840778	545921	1209350
Hidalgo	2254608	868830	827299	108786956	125	8738257	485459	456957	521086
Jalisco	7634097	2421046	2587223	324818222	134	5714584	317477	189786	477091
Michoacán	5938388	2406305	2585265	355351743	148	12374724	687485	461942	969413
Morelos	511377	106417	128245	13829734	130	135862	7548	7757	7286
México	2332386	693435	719138	133017036	192	1367851	75992	60644	95176
Nayarit	2747139	1220893	1279562	127191932	104	2552290	141794	89074	207694
Nuevo León	6514751	1050216	917230	38982420	37	1179845	65547	83648	42921
Oaxaca	9099234	5058335	4863610	828320574	164	56149142	3119397	2700564	3642937
Puebla	3386215	988616	959280	159461599	161	7802329	433463	348194	540048
Querétaro	1155946	332898	301496	22190242	67	196540	10919	10292	11703
Quintana Roo	4376313	3758999	3721108	498468938	133	60331921	3351773	3393995	3298996
San Luis Potosí	6307656	1233133	1135261	101537658	82	8142808	452378	410162	505148
Sinaloa	5356844	2372036	2239258	233497163	98	3966246	220347	269603	158778
Sonora	18538749	1029280	1004030	54486448	53	559697	31094	33008	28702
Tabasco	2386427	828802	953580	93476747	113	14589035	810502	648453	1013064
Tamaulipas	7902917	2420919	2200032	138171876	57	6559214	364401	380406	344394
Tlaxcala	419388	75267	66256	17916705	238	261487	14527	14519	14537
Veracruz	6924088	2991000	2764312	387166151	129	50613384	2811855	2868906	2740540
Yucatán	3814797	2916663	2625842	273325906	94	41425514	2301417	2698695	1804821
Zacatecas	7576351	303202	225324	12019655	40	22603	1256	1437	1030

Archived forest data for Mexico | Forest data for Mexico

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

Citation: Mongabay. "Deforestation statistics for [selected country name]". Accessed on [date] from worldrainforests.com.

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