Forest land — Share in Land area in Mauritania
Mauritania: Forest land — Share in Land area was 0.99 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Share in Land area in Mauritania, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — share in land area in Mauritania is 0.99 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Mauritania peaked at 0.99 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9 %, in 1990.
That places Mauritania 218th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.91 % | 0.9 % | 0.92 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.938 % | 0.93 % | 0.95 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.962 % | 0.95 % | 0.97 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.982 % | 0.98 % | 0.99 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More environment data for Mauritania
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 9.78 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 45.01 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 38.08 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 98.84 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 39,250 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.03 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 10 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 1.13 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 450 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.09 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Mauritania?
- Forest land — share in land area in Mauritania was 0.99 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.99 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9 % in 1990.
- How does Mauritania rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Mauritania ranks 218th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. 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, published as part of Forest land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.