Mauritania CO2 Emissions
Total CO₂ Emissions (2024)
5,011,632
tons
Year-over-Year
+3.82%
increase
Global Share
0.01%
Per Capita
0.95
tons per person
- Fossil CO2 emissions in Mauritania were 5,011,632 tons in 2024.
- CO2 emissions increased by 3.8% over the previous year, representing an increase by 184,236 tons over 2023, when CO2 emissions were 4,827,397 tons.
- CO2 emissions per capita in Mauritania are equivalent to 0.95 tons per person, an increase by 0.01 over the figure of 0.94 CO2 tons per person registered in 2023; this represents a change of 1.3% in CO2 emissions per capita.
Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of Mauritania
| Fossil CO2 emissions (tons) | CO2 emissions change | CO2 emissions per capita | Share of World's CO2 emissions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5,011,632 | 3.82% | 0.95 | 0.01% |
| 2023 | 4,827,397 | −3.96% | 0.94 | 0.01% |
| 2022 | 5,026,270 | 13.95% | 1 | 0.01% |
| 2021 | 4,411,135 | −4.84% | 0.9 | 0.01% |
| 2020 | 4,635,355 | 3.32% | 0.97 | 0.01% |
| 2019 | 4,486,227 | 1.14% | 0.96 | 0.01% |
| 2018 | 4,435,453 | 16.45% | 0.98 | 0.01% |
| 2017 | 3,809,016 | 45.12% | 0.86 | 0.01% |
| 2016 | 2,624,741 | −4.8% | 0.61 | 0.01% |
| 2015 | 2,757,000 | 2.77% | 0.66 | 0.01% |
| 2014 | 2,682,739 | 15.87% | 0.66 | 0.01% |
| 2013 | 2,315,273 | −8.36% | 0.59 | 0.01% |
| 2012 | 2,526,543 | 11.55% | 0.66 | 0.01% |
| 2011 | 2,265,026 | 7.5% | 0.61 | 0.01% |
| 2010 | 2,106,941 | 0.46% | 0.58 | 0.01% |
| 2009 | 2,097,313 | −0.26% | 0.6 | 0.01% |
| 2008 | 2,102,776 | 11.8% | 0.62 | 0.01% |
| 2007 | 1,880,816 | 11.27% | 0.57 | 0.01% |
| 2006 | 1,690,353 | 9.89% | 0.52 | 0.01% |
| 2005 | 1,538,270 | 3.47% | 0.49 | 0.01% |
| 2004 | 1,486,673 | 9.08% | 0.49 | 0.01% |
| 2003 | 1,362,962 | 4.87% | 0.46 | < 0.01% |
| 2002 | 1,299,673 | 11.04% | 0.45 | < 0.01% |
| 2001 | 1,170,465 | 10.61% | 0.42 | < 0.01% |
| 2000 | 1,058,198 | −57.97% | 0.39 | < 0.01% |
| 1999 | 2,517,802 | 3.19% | 0.96 | 0.01% |
| 1998 | 2,439,998 | 2.21% | 0.96 | 0.01% |
| 1997 | 2,387,213 | −1.73% | 0.97 | 0.01% |
| 1996 | 2,429,205 | −0.96% | 1.01 | 0.01% |
| 1995 | 2,452,697 | 4.07% | 1.05 | 0.01% |
| 1994 | 2,356,699 | 3.95% | 1.04 | 0.01% |
| 1993 | 2,267,049 | −0.99% | 1.03 | 0.01% |
| 1992 | 2,289,722 | 155.37% | 1.07 | 0.01% |
| 1991 | 896,631 | 26.81% | 0.43 | < 0.01% |
| 1990 | 707,094 | −20.47% | 0.35 | < 0.01% |
| 1989 | 889,068 | 6.35% | 0.45 | < 0.01% |
| 1988 | 835,988 | 18.45% | 0.43 | < 0.01% |
| 1987 | 705,775 | 82.49% | 0.38 | < 0.01% |
| 1986 | 386,743 | −37.49% | 0.21 | < 0.01% |
| 1985 | 618,709 | −0.75% | 0.35 | < 0.01% |
| 1984 | 623,388 | 39.8% | 0.36 | < 0.01% |
| 1983 | 445,909 | 8.55% | 0.27 | < 0.01% |
| 1982 | 410,775 | −6.51% | 0.25 | < 0.01% |
| 1981 | 439,370 | −7.79% | 0.28 | < 0.01% |
| 1980 | 476,469 | −0.59% | 0.31 | < 0.01% |
| 1979 | 479,293 | 13.28% | 0.32 | < 0.01% |
| 1978 | 423,095 | 1.8% | 0.29 | < 0.01% |
| 1977 | 415,598 | 3.29% | 0.3 | < 0.01% |
| 1976 | 402,356 | 3.2% | 0.29 | < 0.01% |
| 1975 | 389,875 | 4.18% | 0.29 | < 0.01% |
| 1974 | 374,225 | 7.16% | 0.29 | < 0.01% |
| 1973 | 349,223 | 3.67% | 0.28 | < 0.01% |
| 1972 | 336,861 | 0.65% | 0.28 | < 0.01% |
| 1971 | 334,701 | 0.46% | 0.28 | < 0.01% |
| 1970 | 333,180 | – | 0.29 | < 0.01% |
See also
Sources
- Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
- CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).