Forest land area fell 1.54% to 2.25 '000 sq km in Mauritania in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Mauritania reached an all time high of 4.15 '000 sq km in 1990 and an all time low of 2.25 '000 sq km in 2015. When compared to Mauritania's main peers, forest land area in Algeria amounted to 19.6 '000 sq km, 47.2 '000 sq km in Mali, 56.3 '000 sq km in Morocco and 82.7 '000 sq km in Senegal in 2015.
Mauritania has been ranked 149th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Area | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Algeria | '000 sq km | 15.0 | 19.2 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | '000 sq km | 57.1 | 56.5 | 55.9 | 55.3 | 54.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | '000 sq km | 4.78 | 4.80 | 4.82 | 4.83 | 4.85 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | '000 sq km | 65.8 | 65.4 | 65.1 | 64.7 | 64.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | '000 sq km | 2.17 | 2.17 | 2.17 | 2.17 | 2.17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | '000 sq km | 126 | 51.1 | 50.3 | 49.5 | 48.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | '000 sq km | 2.47 | 2.42 | 2.39 | 2.35 | 2.32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | '000 sq km | 51.2 | 56.7 | 56.6 | 56.6 | 56.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | '000 sq km | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | '000 sq km | 85.1 | 84.7 | 84.3 | 83.9 | 83.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | '000 sq km | 180 | 182 | 183 | 183 | 183 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | '000 sq km | 9.90 | 9.90 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.2 |
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