Mauritania vs Palau: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area
Mauritania
0.3%
in 2025
Palau
0.2%
in 2025
Mauritania rank
40th
Palau rank
42nd
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area over time
- Mauritania
- Palau
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.3% against 0.2% in Palau, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.2 times Palau's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Palau ahead.
Mauritania ranks 40th and Palau ranks 42nd of 228 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 3 and Palau in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Palau |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area as a share of forest area, Mauritania or Palau?
- Mauritania, at 0.3% against 0.2% in Palau as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area as a share of forest area between Mauritania and Palau?
- 0.1%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Palau?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Palau rank globally for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Mauritania ranks 40th and Palau ranks 42nd of 228 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 change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.