Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Mauritania
Mauritania: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 87,105 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Mauritania, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 87,105 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Mauritania peaked at 89,797 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 85,963 1000 ha, in 2016.
That places Mauritania 11th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87,881 1000 ha | 86,650 1000 ha | 89,797 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 86,678 1000 ha | 85,963 1000 ha | 88,080 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 87,482 1000 ha | 87,105 1000 ha | 87,885 1000 ha | 5 |
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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 terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Mauritania?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Mauritania was 87,105 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 89,797 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 85,963 1000 ha in 2016.
- How does Mauritania rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Mauritania ranks 11th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. 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 Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS. 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.