Mauritania vs Somalia: Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas
Mauritania
0.3%
in 2025
Somalia
0.6%
in 2025
Mauritania rank
160th
Somalia rank
158th
Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas over time
- Mauritania
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.6% against 0.3% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.9 times Mauritania's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.
Mauritania ranks 160th and Somalia ranks 158th of 168 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | Somalia |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas, Mauritania or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 0.6% against 0.3% in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas between Mauritania and Somalia?
- 0.3%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Somalia?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Somalia rank globally for proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas?
- Mauritania ranks 160th and Somalia ranks 158th of 168 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.