Forest land — Share in Land area in Mayotte
Mayotte: Forest land — Share in Land area was 26.3 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Share in Land area in Mayotte, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mayotte recorded 26.3 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Mayotte peaked at 51.47 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 26.3 %, in 2024.
That places Mayotte 128th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.11 % | 40.74 % | 51.47 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 34.28 % | 29.01 % | 39.55 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.58 % | 26.83 % | 28.42 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.49 % | 26.3 % | 26.68 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Mayotte
- Agricultural land — Area 19.4 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 15.22 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.06 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 52.94 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 19.39 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 52.97 % (2024)
- Country area — Area 36.63 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.67 % (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 0.05 1000 USD (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 99.94 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Mayotte?
- Forest land — share in land area in Mayotte was 26.3 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Mayotte?
- The highest recorded value was 51.47 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Mayotte?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.3 % in 2024.
- How does Mayotte rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Mayotte ranks 128th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Mayotte?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mayotte 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.