Share of global forest area in Mauritania
Mauritania: Share of global forest area was 0.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of global forest area in Mauritania, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.0% for share of global forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Mauritania peaked at 0.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
That places Mauritania 128th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 125 Niger 0.0% compare
- 126 East Timor 0.0% compare
- 127 North Macedonia 0.0% compare
- 129 Albania 0.0% compare
- 130 Vanuatu 0.0% compare
- 131 New Caledonia 0.0% compare
More environment data for Mauritania
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 17.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.39 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 7.33 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2865 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.7099 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0008 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 9.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0174 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.9576 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Mauritania?
- Share of global forest area in Mauritania was 0.0% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global forest area recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Mauritania rank for share of global forest area?
- Mauritania ranks 128th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.