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Mauritania: Forest area (% of land area)

0.99percent · 2024+2.7% since 2014

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is 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. Annual figures for Mauritania from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.986
20230.984
20220.981
20210.979
20200.976
20190.973
20180.971
20170.968
20160.966
20150.963
20140.961
20130.958
20120.956
20110.953
20100.951
20090.948
20080.945
20070.943
20060.94
20050.938
20040.935
20030.933
20020.93
20010.928
20000.925
19990.922
19980.92
19970.917
19960.915
19950.912
19940.91
19930.907
19920.905
19910.902
19900.9

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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