Mauritania vs Zambia: Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita
Mauritania
0.6177 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Zambia
0.6677 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Mauritania rank
34th
Zambia rank
31st
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita over time
- Mauritania
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 0.6677 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.6177 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Mauritania, a difference of 0.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Zambia ahead.
Mauritania ranks 34th and Zambia ranks 31st of 196 countries.
Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.88 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.97 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0947 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Zambia |
| 1970s | 1.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4755 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Zambia |
| 1980s | 0.8874 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3074 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Zambia |
| 1990s | 0.8539 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3603 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Zambia |
| 2000s | 0.8598 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9631 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1033 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Zambia |
| 2010s | 0.7371 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7841 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.047 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Zambia |
| 2020s | 0.6497 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.671 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0213 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita, Mauritania or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 0.6677 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.6177 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita between Mauritania and Zambia?
- 0.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Zambia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Zambia rank globally for greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 34th and Zambia ranks 31st of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.