Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought in Mauritania
Mauritania: Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought was 1 in 2020. ▬ Flat
Latest (2020)
1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 55 countries
All-time high
1
in 1980
All-time low
1
in 1980
Years of data
9
1980–2020
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought in Mauritania, 1980–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 1 for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought in 2020. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought in Mauritania peaked at 1 in 1980 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1980.
That places Mauritania 1st out of 55 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | — |
| 1993 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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More climate change data for Mauritania
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 13,025 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 3,939 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9,086 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 14.87 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 324.5 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 339.5 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 60.39 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 279.11 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.2279 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 9.97 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought in Mauritania?
- Climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought in Mauritania was 1 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1980.
- What is the lowest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1980.
- How does Mauritania rank for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought?
- Mauritania ranks 1st out of 55 countries with data for 2020.
- Is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: drought rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: Drought, Number (Not Applicable). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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