Mauritania vs Namibia: Per capita methane emissions
Mauritania
1.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Namibia
2.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Mauritania rank
37th
Namibia rank
34th
Per capita methane emissions over time
- Mauritania
- Namibia
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 2.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Mauritania, a difference of 0.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes Namibia's figure about 1.2 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 37th and Namibia ranks 34th of 199 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 11 and Namibia in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Namibia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 5.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1860s | 5.5 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.66 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1870s | 5.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.93 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.5 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1880s | 5.29 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1890s | 5.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9333 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1900s | 4.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5212 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1910s | 4.42 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2751 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1920s | 4.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.186 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1930s | 4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0801 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1940s | 4.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2855 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1950s | 4.93 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4804 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 4.5 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.96 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Namibia |
| 1970s | 2.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Namibia |
| 1980s | 2.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Namibia |
| 1990s | 2.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7524 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Namibia |
| 2000s | 2.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3913 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Namibia |
| 2010s | 2.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5281 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Namibia |
| 2020s | 1.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2418 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita methane emissions, Mauritania or Namibia?
- Namibia, at 2.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita methane emissions between Mauritania and Namibia?
- 0.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Namibia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Namibia rank globally for per capita methane emissions?
- Mauritania ranks 37th and Namibia ranks 34th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita methane emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.