Mauritania vs Niger: Forest area

Mauritania

1.02 million hectares

in 2025

Niger

1.06 million hectares

in 2025

Mauritania rank

128th

Niger rank

125th

Forest area over time

Mauritania
Niger

How they compare

Niger currently reports 1.06 million hectares against 1.02 million hectares in Mauritania, a difference of 35,970 hectares.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.

Mauritania ranks 128th and Niger ranks 125th of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Mauritania
Forest area in Niger
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Forest area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.