Country comparison · 151 cities measured
Mexico vs Morocco Air quality index (AQI) and deforestation
Morocco has cleaner air than Mexico right now: its cities average AQI 36 against 69.
Mexico has lost more forest since 2001. Mexico has more tree cover in its cities.
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
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Head to head
Mexico vs Morocco at a glance
Morocco is ahead on 4 of 5 measures, and Mexico on 1. The better figure in each row is marked.
| Mexico | Morocco | |
|---|---|---|
| Average air qualityUS AQI, all measured cities. | 69 | 36 (better) |
| Cities over AQI 100Not fine for sensitive groups. | 22% | 0% (better) |
| Forest lost since 2001The whole country. | 5.46 million ha | 62,700 ha (better) |
| Share of its forest lostOf what it had in 2000. | 10% | 9.2% (better) |
| Average tree coverAcross its measured cities. | 14.6% (better) | 6.1% |
Air quality today
Is Morocco cleaner than Mexico?
On air quality, yes, right now. Morocco has cleaner air than Mexico right now: its cities average AQI 36 against 69.
22% of the measured cities in Mexico are over AQI 100 today, the point where the air stops being fine for sensitive groups, against 0% in Morocco.
How each country's cities split across the air quality bands
Mexico
- Good38 (33%)
- Moderate51 (45%)
- Unhealthy for sensitive groups24 (21%)
- Unhealthy1 (1%)
Morocco
- Good30 (81%)
- Moderate7 (19%)
Every measured city, including model estimates where no ground station is near.
Against everywhere else
How do Mexico and Morocco compare with other countries?
Right now the cities of Mexico average cleaner air than 25% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and those of Morocco than 79%.
Cleaner air than…
- Mexico
- Beats 25%
- Morocco
- Beats 79%
More tree cover than…
- Mexico
- Beats 29%
- Morocco
- Beats 13%
Deforestation · 2001–2025
Which country has lost more forest, Mexico or Morocco?
Mexico has lost more: about 5.46 million ha of forest from 2001 to 2025, against 62,700 ha in Morocco, or 87 times as much. 4.39 million ha of Mexico's was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns; the rest burned, was logged or can grow back.
The whole country, from the yearly satellite maps of forest loss: unlike the city averages above, this counts every forest, not just the land around cities.
Worst year: 2024, with 332,000 ha lost.
Worst year: 2022, with 12,000 ha lost.
| Mexico | Morocco | |
|---|---|---|
| Forest lost since 2001Cleared, burned or logged. | 5.46 million ha | 62,700 ha (better) |
| Share of its forestOf what it had in 2000. | 10% | 9.2% (better) |
| Cleared for goodTurned into farms, mines or towns. | 4.39 million ha | 18,000 ha (better) |
| Recent trend2021–2025 against the five years before. | Holding steady | Speeding up |
| Main known cause | Farms, pasture and plantations (79%) | Wildfires (61%) |
Trees
Which country has more tree cover, Mexico or Morocco?
Mexico does: its measured cities average 14.6% tree cover against 6.1%, a gap of 8.5 percentage points.
| Mexico | Morocco | |
|---|---|---|
| Trees standingSummed across measured cities. | 5.1M (better) | 681K |
| Cities below their targetShort of the canopy target. | 94% (better) | 100% |
| Trees still neededTo reach those targets. | 6.1M | 2.6M (better) |
Behind the averages
The cities behind Mexico and Morocco
An average says nothing about how far apart the best and worst places are. These are the measured cities at each end.
Morocco
- Greenest measured city
- Beni Mellal18.0% tree cover
- Worst air right now
- MarrakeshAQI 75
Reading these numbers
What a country average is, and is not
It is a mean of cities
Not a national statistic. Each figure is the average across the cities Airleaf has measured: 114 in Mexico and 37 in Morocco, each read over the same 2 km radius, on the US EPA index. Rural land and unmeasured towns are not in it.
Coverage shapes the number
A country measured mostly in its capital reads differently from one measured across dozens of towns. Mexico rests on 114 cities against 37, so its average is the steadier of the two. Forest figures come from the University of Maryland's Global Forest Change maps.
Frequently asked
Mexico vs Morocco: your questions answered
Is Morocco cleaner than Mexico?
On air quality, yes, right now: Morocco's cities average AQI 36 against 69 on the US EPA index. These are live readings averaged across cities, so the gap moves with the weather.
Which country has lost more forest, Mexico or Morocco?
Mexico has lost more: about 5.46 million ha of forest from 2001 to 2025, against 62,700 ha in Morocco, or 87 times as much. 4.39 million ha of Mexico's was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns; the rest burned, was logged or can grow back.
Which country has more tree cover, Mexico or Morocco?
Mexico does: its measured cities average 14.6% tree cover against 6.1%, a gap of 8.5 percentage points.
How many cities are the Mexico and Morocco figures based on?
114 measured cities in Mexico and 37 in Morocco. Every one was read the same way, so the two averages are directly comparable, but a country with more measured cities has the more settled figure.
Does this cover the whole of Mexico and Morocco?
The air and tree figures are not: they are the cities Airleaf has measured, each over the same 2 km radius, so treat them as a comparison of urban air and urban tree cover. The forest figures are: they count every forest in the country.
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