Terrestrial and marine protected areas in Mauritania
Mauritania: Terrestrial and marine protected areas was 1.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial and marine protected areas in Mauritania, 2013–2025
Source: Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM), UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring. Measured in % of total territorial area.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 1.0% for terrestrial and marine protected areas in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial and marine protected areas in Mauritania peaked at 1.1% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2024.
That places Mauritania 178th out of 213 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Terrestrial and marine protected areas in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | % of total territorial area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1.1% | — |
| 2014 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.0% | -9.1% |
| 2025 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 175 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1.3% compare
- 176 Djibouti 1.2% compare
- 176 Liberia 1.2% compare
- 178 Fiji 1.0% compare
- 178 Saint Lucia 1.0% compare
- 181 United States Virgin Islands 0.9% compare
More climate change data for Mauritania
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 13,025 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 3,939 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9,086 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 14.87 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 324.5 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 339.5 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 60.39 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 279.11 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.2279 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 9.97 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial and marine protected areas in Mauritania?
- Terrestrial and marine protected areas in Mauritania was 1.0% in 2025, according to Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM), UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring.
- What is the highest terrestrial and marine protected areas recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 2013.
- What is the lowest terrestrial and marine protected areas recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2024.
- How does Mauritania rank for terrestrial and marine protected areas?
- Mauritania ranks 178th out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is terrestrial and marine protected areas rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM), UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring, published as part of Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Terrestrial protected areas are totally or partially protected areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated by national authorities as scientific reserves with limited public access, national parks, natural monuments, nature reserves or wildlife sanctuaries, protected landscapes, and areas managed mainly for sustainable use. Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment. Sites protected under local or provincial law are excluded.