Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Mauritania
Mauritania: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 275.86 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Mauritania, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 275.86 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Mauritania peaked at 275.86 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 250.33 1000 ha, in 1992.
Mauritania ranks 141st of 224 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 250.33 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 250.39 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 250.47 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 250.33 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 250.97 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 253.85 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 258.61 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 261.2 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 271.1 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 267.34 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 266.87 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 267.51 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 267.92 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 267.37 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 264.43 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 263.83 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 264.03 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 260.99 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 259.28 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 254 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 254.18 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 254.21 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 255.28 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 255.31 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 256.1 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 256.96 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 259.84 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 272.77 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 273 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 274.36 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 275.86 1000 ha | +0.5% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 275.86 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,523 1000 ha, 11% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 275.86 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,570 1000 ha, 6% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 253.27 1000 ha | 250.33 1000 ha | 261.2 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 266.14 1000 ha | 260.99 1000 ha | 271.1 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 257.79 1000 ha | 254 1000 ha | 272.77 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 274.41 1000 ha | 273 1000 ha | 275.86 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
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 tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Mauritania?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Mauritania was 275.86 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 275.86 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 250.33 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Mauritania rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Mauritania ranks 141st out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. 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 Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. 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.