Mauritius

Forest area in Mauritius

Forest area in Mauritius: 20.2% in 1990 and 19.1% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
19.1%
Since 1990
−1.1 percentage points
Rank, 2024
131 of 209
counting from the highest
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% of land · FAO

Forest area in MauritiusForest area in Mauritius: 20.2% in 1990 and 19.1% in 2024, by FAO estimates. The highest was 20.7% in 2000, the lowest 18.9% in 2010.
Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 20.7% in 2000, the lowest 18.9% in 2010.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearMauritiusWorld
202419.1–
202319.131.1
202219.131.1
202119.131.2
202019.131.2
201919.131.2
201819.131.3
201719.231.3
201619.231.3
201519.231.4
201419.231.4
201319.231.4
201219.231.5
201119.231.9
201018.932
200919.132
200819.332
200719.432.1
200619.632.1
200519.832.1
20042032.2
200320.132.3
200220.332.3
200120.532.3
200020.732.4
199920.632.5
199820.632.5
199720.532.6
199620.532.7
199520.432.7
199420.432.8
199320.432.8
199220.333
199120.3–
199020.2–

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.

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