Grassland — Area from MODIS in Mauritania
Mauritania: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 16,298 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Mauritania, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grassland — area from modis in Mauritania is 16,298 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Mauritania peaked at 17,346 1000 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 12,891 1000 ha, in 2002.
That places Mauritania 34th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 14,066 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 12,891 1000 ha | -8.4% |
| 2003 | 14,014 1000 ha | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 14,591 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 15,331 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 16,075 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 16,619 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 16,534 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 16,628 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 16,795 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 16,323 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 16,478 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 16,739 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 16,626 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 17,037 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 17,346 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 16,874 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 16,258 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 15,310 1000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 15,631 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 15,500 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 15,915 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 16,251 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 16,298 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 16,298 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,142 1000 ha, 5.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 16,298 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,642 1000 ha, 3.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15,194 1000 ha | 12,891 1000 ha | 16,628 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 16,579 1000 ha | 15,310 1000 ha | 17,346 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,919 1000 ha | 15,500 1000 ha | 16,298 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 31 Mozambique 20,467 1000 ha compare
- 32 Namibia 20,443 1000 ha compare
- 33 India 19,835 1000 ha compare
- 35 Senegal 15,676 1000 ha compare
- 36 Uzbekistan 14,817 1000 ha compare
- 37 Kyrgyzstan 14,698 1000 ha compare
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 modis in Mauritania?
- Grassland — area from modis in Mauritania was 16,298 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 17,346 1000 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,891 1000 ha in 2002.
- How does Mauritania rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Mauritania ranks 34th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. 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 Grassland — Area from MODIS. 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.