Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Mauritania
Mauritania: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 11,088 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Mauritania, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 11,088 1000 ha for grassland — area from cci_lc in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Mauritania peaked at 11,696 1000 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 11,082 1000 ha, in 2021.
That places Mauritania 32nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 11,693 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 11,693 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 11,693 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 11,693 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 11,696 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 11,679 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 11,636 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 11,594 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 11,534 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 11,474 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 11,478 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 11,467 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 11,526 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 11,513 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 11,550 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 11,578 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 11,550 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 11,620 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 11,446 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 11,465 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 11,477 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 11,478 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11,477 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 11,477 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 11,460 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 11,410 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 11,287 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 11,110 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 11,100 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 11,082 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 11,088 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 11,088 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,267 1000 ha, 8.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 11,088 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,020 1000 ha, 5.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11,672 1000 ha | 11,594 1000 ha | 11,696 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 11,529 1000 ha | 11,467 1000 ha | 11,620 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,409 1000 ha | 11,110 1000 ha | 11,478 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,090 1000 ha | 11,082 1000 ha | 11,100 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More environment data for Mauritania
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.465 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.85 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.4893 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Mauritania?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Mauritania was 11,088 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 11,696 1000 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,082 1000 ha in 2021.
- How does Mauritania rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Mauritania ranks 32nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grassland — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.