Algeria vs Mauritania: Annual afforestation
Algeria
8,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Mauritania
8,740 hectares per year
in 2020
Algeria rank
21st
Mauritania rank
18th
Annual afforestation over time
- Algeria
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 8,740 hectares per year against 8,000 hectares per year in Algeria, a difference of 740 hectares per year.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Algeria's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Algeria ahead.
Algeria ranks 21st and Mauritania ranks 18th of 106 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 3 and Mauritania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30,030 hectares per year | 8,740 hectares per year | 21,290 hectares per year | Algeria |
| 2000s | 27,370 hectares per year | 8,740 hectares per year | 18,630 hectares per year | Algeria |
| 2010s | 22,005 hectares per year | 8,740 hectares per year | 13,265 hectares per year | Algeria |
| 2020s | 8,000 hectares per year | 8,740 hectares per year | 740 hectares per year | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual afforestation, Algeria or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 8,740 hectares per year against 8,000 hectares per year in Algeria as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual afforestation between Algeria and Mauritania?
- 740 hectares per year, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Mauritania?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Algeria and Mauritania rank globally for annual afforestation?
- Algeria ranks 21st and Mauritania ranks 18th of 106 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual afforestation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.