Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Mauritania

Mauritania: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 764.75 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
764.75 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
89th
of 241 countries
All-time high
770.82 1000 ha
in 2000
All-time low
755.56 1000 ha
in 1995
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Mauritania, 1992–2022

02004006008001992200720221992: 756 1000 ha1993: 756 1000 ha1994: 755.9 1000 ha1995: 755.6 1000 ha1996: 756 1000 ha1997: 758.2 1000 ha1998: 761.8 1000 ha1999: 763.5 1000 ha2000: 770.8 1000 ha2001: 767 1000 ha2002: 766.2 1000 ha2003: 766.8 1000 ha2004: 767 1000 ha2005: 766.5 1000 ha2006: 764.1 1000 ha2007: 763.7 1000 ha2008: 763.8 1000 ha2009: 762 1000 ha2010: 760.8 1000 ha2011: 756.6 1000 ha2012: 756.8 1000 ha2013: 756.8 1000 ha2014: 757.8 1000 ha2015: 757.8 1000 ha2016: 758.2 1000 ha2017: 758.1 1000 ha2018: 760.2 1000 ha2019: 763.9 1000 ha2020: 763.8 1000 ha2021: 764.2 1000 ha2022: 764.8 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Mauritania is 764.75 1000 ha, measured in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Mauritania peaked at 770.82 1000 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 755.56 1000 ha, in 1995.

That places Mauritania 89th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 757.88 1000 ha 755.56 1000 ha 763.54 1000 ha 8
2000s 765.8 1000 ha 762.01 1000 ha 770.82 1000 ha 10
2010s 758.7 1000 ha 756.65 1000 ha 763.85 1000 ha 10
2020s 764.26 1000 ha 763.84 1000 ha 764.75 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Mauritania

  1. 86 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 779.52 1000 ha compare
  2. 87 Lesotho 772.21 1000 ha compare
  3. 88 Guatemala 769.03 1000 ha compare
  4. 90 Caribbean 761.38 1000 ha compare
  5. 91 Papua New Guinea 737.94 1000 ha compare
  6. 92 Togo 666.62 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Mauritania?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Mauritania was 764.75 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Mauritania?
The highest recorded value was 770.82 1000 ha in 2000.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Mauritania?
The lowest recorded value was 755.56 1000 ha in 1995.
How does Mauritania rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Mauritania ranks 89th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Mauritania?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Mauritania data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

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.