Mauritania vs Mauritius: Carbon dioxide emissions by income level

Mauritania

5.24 million tonnes

in 2024

Mauritius

4.67 million tonnes

in 2024

Mauritania rank

137th

Mauritius rank

139th

Carbon dioxide emissions by income level over time

Mauritania currently reports 5.24 million tonnes against 4.67 million tonnes in Mauritius, a difference of 565,060 tonnes.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Mauritius's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Mauritius ahead.

Mauritania ranks 137th and Mauritius ranks 139th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Carbon dioxide emissions by income level
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 216 places, 23,583 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.