Mauritania - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Mauritania was 3,128 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,760 in 1990 and a minimum value of 3,128 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 4,760
1991 4,706
1992 4,652
1993 4,597
1994 4,543
1995 4,488
1996 4,434
1997 4,380
1998 4,325
1999 4,271
2000 4,216
2001 4,162
2002 4,108
2003 4,053
2004 3,999
2005 3,944
2006 3,890
2007 3,836
2008 3,781
2009 3,727
2010 3,672
2011 3,618
2012 3,564
2013 3,509
2014 3,455
2015 3,400
2016 3,346
2017 3,292
2018 3,237
2019 3,183
2020 3,128

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Mauritania was 0.303 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 0.462 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.303 in 2020.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 0.462
1991 0.457
1992 0.451
1993 0.446
1994 0.441
1995 0.435
1996 0.430
1997 0.425
1998 0.420
1999 0.414
2000 0.409
2001 0.404
2002 0.399
2003 0.393
2004 0.388
2005 0.383
2006 0.377
2007 0.372
2008 0.367
2009 0.362
2010 0.356
2011 0.351
2012 0.346
2013 0.340
2014 0.335
2015 0.330
2016 0.325
2017 0.319
2018 0.314
2019 0.309
2020 0.303

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use