Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Mauritius

Mauritius: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 41.88 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
41.88 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
182nd
of 241 countries
All-time high
70.59 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
41.75 1000 ha
in 2021
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Mauritius, 1992–2022

0204060801992200720221992: 70.6 1000 ha1993: 70.6 1000 ha1994: 70.6 1000 ha1995: 70.4 1000 ha1996: 70.4 1000 ha1997: 70.3 1000 ha1998: 70 1000 ha1999: 69.7 1000 ha2000: 58.8 1000 ha2001: 57.6 1000 ha2002: 57.3 1000 ha2003: 56.6 1000 ha2004: 56.4 1000 ha2005: 56.5 1000 ha2006: 56.2 1000 ha2007: 56.3 1000 ha2008: 56.5 1000 ha2009: 56.2 1000 ha2010: 55.6 1000 ha2011: 54.8 1000 ha2012: 54.5 1000 ha2013: 54.1 1000 ha2014: 43.2 1000 ha2015: 43.2 1000 ha2016: 42.7 1000 ha2017: 42.7 1000 ha2018: 42.6 1000 ha2019: 42.1 1000 ha2020: 41.8 1000 ha2021: 41.8 1000 ha2022: 41.9 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Mauritius is 41.88 1000 ha, measured in 2022.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 23.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Mauritius peaked at 70.59 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 41.75 1000 ha, in 2021.

Mauritius ranks 182nd of 241 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 70.32 1000 ha 69.73 1000 ha 70.59 1000 ha 8
2000s 56.86 1000 ha 56.23 1000 ha 58.84 1000 ha 10
2010s 47.55 1000 ha 42.06 1000 ha 55.58 1000 ha 10
2020s 41.82 1000 ha 41.75 1000 ha 41.88 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Mauritius

  1. 179 Lebanon 52.96 1000 ha compare
  2. 180 China, Hong Kong SAR 50.38 1000 ha compare
  3. 181 Oman 47.42 1000 ha compare
  4. 183 Iceland 37.9 1000 ha compare
  5. 184 Palestine 36.23 1000 ha compare
  6. 185 Tonga 33.94 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Mauritius?
Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Mauritius was 41.88 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 Mauritius?
The highest recorded value was 70.59 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Mauritius?
The lowest recorded value was 41.75 1000 ha in 2021.
How does Mauritius rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Mauritius ranks 182nd out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Mauritius?
Over the last ten years it is down 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Mauritius 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

Indicator
Tree-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.