Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Mauritania
Mauritania: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 39.61 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Mauritania, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 39.61 % for planted forest — share in forest land in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in Mauritania peaked at 39.61 % in 2025 and was at its lowest, 10.53 %, in 1990.
Mauritania ranks 36th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.57 % | 10.53 % | 18.54 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.23 % | 19.41 % | 26.99 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.43 % | 27.81 % | 35 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.7 % | 35.78 % | 39.61 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More environment data for Mauritania
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 9.78 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 45.01 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 38.08 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 98.84 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 39,250 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.03 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 10 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 1.13 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 450 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.09 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — share in forest land in Mauritania?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in Mauritania was 39.61 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 39.61 % in 2025.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.53 % in 1990.
- How does Mauritania rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- Mauritania ranks 36th out of 191 countries with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.4%. 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 Planted Forest — Share in Forest land. 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.