Environment in Mauritania 31 indicators covering environment for Mauritania. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -15.19 Percentage change 2025 down 193.0% 68th Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.89 Percentage change 2025 down 268.9% 38th Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -12.12 Percentage change 2024 up 15.8% 58th Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.27 Percentage change 2024 up 77.3% 13th Land use hidden — Cropland 4,600 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 7th Land use hidden — Total area 1.03 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 2nd Land use hidden — Land area 1.03 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 2nd Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures 392,500 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 1st Land use hidden — Other areas 630,636 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.1% 1st Land use hidden — Other areas, annual growth rate 0.0087 % change on previous year 2023 down 0.1% 107th Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 12th Land use hidden — Land area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 11th Land use hidden — Cropland, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 67th Land use hidden — Total area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 10th Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 2,495 Square kilometres 2023 down 20.8% 9th Land use hidden — Planted Forest 469 Square kilometres 2023 up 31.1% 10th Land use hidden — Forest 2,964 Square kilometres 2023 down 15.5% 10th River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 4.58 Percentage of agricultural land area 2022 up 0.3% 27th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 20.32 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 16.7% 6th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 1.19 Percentage of GDP 2021 down 14.5% 15th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 103,070 Hectares 2020 unchanged 18th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 312.8 Hectares 2020 down 14.8% 26th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 411 Hectares 2020 down 10.8% 24th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 400 Hectares 2020 down 11.1% 24th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 39,661 Hectares 2020 down 0.1% 17th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 47.9 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 up 11.3% 19th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 321.86 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 up 2.3% 12th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 29 - National wealth 0.3312 US dollar 2018 up 17.9% 26th Land cover and land cover change — Grassland 108,977 Square kilometres 2022 down 3.2% 22nd Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces 138.05 Square kilometres 2022 up 1,206.7% 45th Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland 2,241 Square kilometres 2022 up 48.5% 30th