Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Mauritania
Mauritania: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 28.52 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Mauritania, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2019, inland water bodies — area from cgls in Mauritania stood at 28.52 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.7% on the previous year and up 23.9% over five years.
Mauritania ranks 126th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23.01 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 24.86 1000 ha | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 25.41 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 24.87 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 28.52 1000 ha | +14.7% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 28.52 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.21 1000 ha, 32% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 28.52 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 45.72 1000 ha, 62% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 123 Costa Rica 31.35 1000 ha compare
- 124 Benin 29.2 1000 ha compare
- 125 Georgia 28.64 1000 ha compare
- 127 Oman 27.59 1000 ha compare
- 128 El Salvador 26.69 1000 ha compare
- 129 Montenegro 25.66 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 cgls in Mauritania?
- Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Mauritania was 28.52 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 28.52 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.01 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Mauritania rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
- Mauritania ranks 126th out of 199 countries with data for 2019.
- 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 CGLS. 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.