Annual CO₂ emissions from coal in Mauritania
Mauritania: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal was 0 tonnes in 2000. ▼ Falling
Annual CO₂ emissions from coal in Mauritania, 1969–2000
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0 tonnes for annual co₂ emissions from coal in 2000. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual co₂ emissions from coal in Mauritania peaked at 32,976 tonnes in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0 tonnes, in 1999.
That places Mauritania 141st out of 179 countries with data for 2000, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,328 tonnes | 7,328 tonnes | 7,328 tonnes | 1 |
| 1970s | 16,876 tonnes | 14,656 tonnes | 32,976 tonnes | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,124 tonnes | 14,514 tonnes | 18,320 tonnes | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,909 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 14,716 tonnes | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 138 Burkina Faso 11 tonnes compare
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- 141 Angola 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Aruba 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Bahrain 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Barbados 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Bermuda 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Cape Verde 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Central African Republic 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Chad 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Congo 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Curacao 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Ecuador 0 tonnes compare
- 141 El Salvador 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Faroe Islands 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Fiji 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Gabon 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Greenland 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Guyana 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Libya 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Macao 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Paraguay 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Saint Helena 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Samoa 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Sierra Leone 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 tonnes compare
- 141 South Sudan 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Sudan 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Suriname 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Togo 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Tonga 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Trinidad and Tobago 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Tunisia 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Uganda 0 tonnes compare
- 141 Vanuatu 0 tonnes compare
More climate change data for Mauritania
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.2% (2100)
- Population growth 2.8% (2025)
- Population, total 5.32 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 4.2% (2025)
- Urban population 3.27 million (2025)
- Urban population 61.5% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 1.01 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 99.86 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 1.01 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 1.01 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual co₂ emissions from coal in Mauritania?
- Annual co₂ emissions from coal in Mauritania was 0 tonnes in 2000, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual co₂ emissions from coal recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 32,976 tonnes in 1970.
- What is the lowest annual co₂ emissions from coal recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 tonnes in 1999.
- How does Mauritania rank for annual co₂ emissions from coal?
- Mauritania ranks 141st out of 179 countries with data for 2000.
- Is annual co₂ emissions from coal rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual CO₂ emissions from coal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes.