Climate related disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) … gaps in Mauritania
Mauritania: Climate related disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) … gaps was 1 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL in Mauritania, 1980–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in Mauritania is 1, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 39 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in Mauritania peaked at 3 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1980.
Mauritania ranks 78th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Climate related disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) … gaps in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | — |
| 1981 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 1999 | 3 | +50.0% |
| 2000 | 2.5 | -16.7% |
| 2001 | 2 | -20.0% |
| 2002 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2003 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2007 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.5 | -25.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | -33.3% |
| 2010 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.25 | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 1.5 | +20.0% |
| 2016 | 1.75 | +16.7% |
| 2017 | 2 | +14.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3 | +200.0% |
| 2021 | 2 | -33.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | +0.0% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 1 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1, 1.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 1 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 1990s | 1.33 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.5 | 1 | 2.5 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.35 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.75 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in Mauritania?
- Climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total in Mauritania was 1 in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 3 in 1999.
- What is the lowest climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1980.
- How does Mauritania rank for climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total?
- Mauritania ranks 78th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is climate related disasters frequency, number of disasters: total rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable), gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) with 1,354 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
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- Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL International Monetary Fund
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About this data
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL, Number (Not Applicable) with 1,354 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.