Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Mauritania
Mauritania: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 107.72 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Mauritania, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Mauritania is 107.72 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Mauritania peaked at 121.72 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 103.54 1000 ha, in 2001.
Mauritania ranks 129th of 245 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 121.72 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 121.71 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 121.7 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 118.76 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 117.28 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 114.57 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 113.53 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 103.64 1000 ha | -8.7% |
| 2000 | 103.55 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 103.54 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 103.54 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 104.38 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 104.39 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 104.39 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 104.39 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 104.78 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 104.46 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 104.99 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 105.19 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 105.37 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 105.4 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 105.41 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 105.54 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 105.54 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 105.62 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 105.62 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 106.85 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 107.04 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 107.04 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 107.3 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 107.72 1000 ha | +0.4% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 107.72 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 262.37 1000 ha, 41% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 107.72 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 198.84 1000 ha, 54% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 116.61 1000 ha | 103.64 1000 ha | 121.72 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 104.24 1000 ha | 103.54 1000 ha | 104.99 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 105.76 1000 ha | 105.19 1000 ha | 107.04 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 107.35 1000 ha | 107.04 1000 ha | 107.72 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 126 Bulgaria 120.7 1000 ha compare
- 127 Central African Republic 117.04 1000 ha compare
- 128 Fiji 115.84 1000 ha compare
- 130 French Guiana 107.45 1000 ha compare
- 131 Burkina Faso 105.19 1000 ha compare
- 132 Serbia and Montenegro 99.8 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 inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Mauritania?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Mauritania was 107.72 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 121.72 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 103.54 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Mauritania rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Mauritania ranks 129th out of 245 countries with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Inland water bodies — 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.