Mauritania vs Uganda: Annual afforestation
Mauritania
8,740 hectares per year
in 2020
Uganda
9,840 hectares per year
in 2020
Mauritania rank
18th
Uganda rank
17th
Annual afforestation over time
- Mauritania
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 9,840 hectares per year against 8,740 hectares per year in Mauritania, a difference of 1,100 hectares per year.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Uganda has been ahead every year.
Mauritania ranks 18th and Uganda ranks 17th of 106 countries.
Uganda has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,740 hectares per year | 9,840 hectares per year | 1,100 hectares per year | Uganda |
| 2000s | 8,740 hectares per year | 9,840 hectares per year | 1,100 hectares per year | Uganda |
| 2010s | 8,740 hectares per year | 9,840 hectares per year | 1,100 hectares per year | Uganda |
| 2020s | 8,740 hectares per year | 9,840 hectares per year | 1,100 hectares per year | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual afforestation, Mauritania or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 9,840 hectares per year against 8,740 hectares per year in Mauritania as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual afforestation between Mauritania and Uganda?
- 1,100 hectares per year, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Uganda?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Mauritania and Uganda rank globally for annual afforestation?
- Mauritania ranks 18th and Uganda ranks 17th 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.
Individual pages
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.