Which has higher tree cover loss, Botswana or Mauritania?

Botswana, at 1 hectares against 0 hectares in Mauritania as of 2025.

What is the difference in tree cover loss between Botswana and Mauritania?

1 hectares, with Botswana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Mauritania?

25 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Global Forest Watch. Tree Cover Loss (Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA), published as Tree Cover Loss (hectares). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Botswana vs Mauritania: Tree Cover Loss

Botswana

1 hectares

in 2025

Mauritania

0 hectares

in 2025

Botswana rank

165th

Mauritania rank

167th

Tree Cover Loss over time

Botswana
Mauritania

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 1 hectares against 0 hectares in Mauritania, a difference of 1 hectares.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 165th and Mauritania ranks 167th of 190 countries.

Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
2000s	44.89 hectares	3.67 hectares	41.22 hectares	Botswana
2010s	10.2 hectares	0 hectares	10.2 hectares	Botswana
2020s	1.5 hectares	0 hectares	1.5 hectares	Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree cover loss, Botswana or Mauritania?: Botswana, at 1 hectares against 0 hectares in Mauritania as of 2025.
What is the difference in tree cover loss between Botswana and Mauritania?: 1 hectares, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Mauritania?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2025.
How do Botswana and Mauritania rank globally for tree cover loss?: Botswana ranks 165th and Mauritania ranks 167th of 190 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Global Forest Watch. Tree Cover Loss (Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA), published as Tree Cover Loss (hectares). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Tree Cover Loss (hectares)
Unit: hectares
Source: Global Forest Watch. Tree Cover Loss (Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 190 places, 4,725 data points, 2001–2025
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

Shows year-by-year tree cover loss, defined as stand level replacement of vegetation greater than 5 meters, within the selected area. The tree cover loss data set is a collaboration of the University of Maryland, Google, USGS, and NASA, and uses Landsat satellite images to map annual tree cover loss at a 30 × 30 meter resolution. Note that “tree cover loss” is not the same as “deforestation” – tree cover loss includes change in both natural and planted forest, and does not need to be human caused. The data from 2011 onward were produced with an updated methodology that may capture additional loss. Comparisons between the original 2001-2010 data and future years should be performed with caution.