Forest area in Mauritania
Mauritania: Forest area was 1.02 million hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Mauritania, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
In 2025, forest area in Mauritania stood at 1.02 million hectares. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Mauritania peaked at 1.02 million hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 927,150 hectares, in 1990.
Mauritania ranks 128th of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 938,976 hectares | 927,150 hectares | 950,802 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 965,252 hectares | 953,430 hectares | 977,073 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 991,525 hectares | 979,700 hectares | 1.00 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 million hectares | 1.01 million hectares | 1.02 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 125 Niger 1.06 million hectares compare
- 126 East Timor 1.05 million hectares compare
- 127 North Macedonia 1.03 million hectares compare
- 129 Albania 941,000 hectares compare
- 130 Vanuatu 907,440 hectares compare
- 131 New Caledonia 892,610 hectares compare
More environment data for Mauritania
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 17.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.39 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 7.33 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2865 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.7099 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0008 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 9.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0174 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.9576 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Mauritania?
- Forest area in Mauritania was 1.02 million hectares in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest forest area recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 million hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 927,150 hectares in 1990.
- How does Mauritania rank for forest area?
- Mauritania ranks 128th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.