Mauritania vs Senegal
Mauritania vs Senegal: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 1% in Mauritania and 45% in Senegal, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Senegal, by 44 percentage points, or 46 times that in Mauritania.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Mauritania ranked 196 and Senegal ranked 66 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Mauritania | Senegal | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 45 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | 45.1 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 45.2 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 45.3 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 45.3 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 45.4 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 45.5 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 45.6 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 45.7 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 45.7 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 1 | 45.8 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 45.9 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 46 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 1 | 46.1 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 1 | 46.1 | 32 |
| 2009 | 0.9 | 46.2 | 32 |
| 2008 | 0.9 | 46.3 | 32 |
| 2007 | 0.9 | 46.4 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 0.9 | 46.5 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 0.9 | 46.5 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 0.9 | 46.6 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 0.9 | 46.7 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 0.9 | 46.8 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 0.9 | 46.9 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 0.9 | 46.9 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 0.9 | 47 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 0.9 | 47.1 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 0.9 | 47.2 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 0.9 | 47.3 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 0.9 | 47.4 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 0.9 | 47.4 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 0.9 | 47.5 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 0.9 | 47.6 | 33 |
| 1991 | 0.9 | 47.7 | – |
| 1990 | 0.9 | 47.8 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Mauritania vs Senegal
Health
- Life expectancyMauritania: 68.5 years in 2023Senegal: 68.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMauritania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Senegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMauritania: 30.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Senegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMauritania: 3.09% in 2017Senegal: 3.37% in 2017
- Suicide rateMauritania: 6.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Senegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMauritania: 5.02 million people in 2023Senegal: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthMauritania: 2.95% a year in 2023Senegal: 2.33% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMauritania: 4.7 births per woman in 2023Senegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMauritania: 61.5% in 2025Senegal: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageMauritania: 17.1 years in 2023Senegal: 19.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMauritania: 3.2% in 2023Senegal: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateMauritania: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Senegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMauritania: 2.75% of GDP in 2025Senegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMauritania: $315M in 2025Senegal: $533M in 2025
- Military spending per personMauritania: $61 in 2025Senegal: $30 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMauritania: 10.8% of government spending in 2025Senegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMauritania: 21,000 people in 2020Senegal: 19,000 people in 2020
- National powerMauritania: 0.03% of world capability in 2022Senegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMauritania: 2% of the labour force in 2020Senegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMauritania: 126 million TIV in 2024Senegal: 79 million TIV in 2024