emissions of air pollutants, per capita in Mauritania
Mauritania: emissions of air pollutants, per capita was 0.0446 tonnes per person in 2022. ▲ Rising
emissions of air pollutants, per capita in Mauritania, 1960–2022
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.0446 tonnes per person for emissions of air pollutants, per capita in 2022.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, emissions of air pollutants, per capita in Mauritania peaked at 0.0594 tonnes per person in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0355 tonnes per person, in 1968.
Mauritania ranks 95th of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
emissions of air pollutants, per capita in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.0548 tonnes per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.0508 tonnes per person | -7.3% |
| 1962 | 0.0469 tonnes per person | -7.8% |
| 1963 | 0.043 tonnes per person | -8.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0391 tonnes per person | -9.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0356 tonnes per person | -9.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0356 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0355 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0355 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0355 tonnes per person | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0364 tonnes per person | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0357 tonnes per person | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0363 tonnes per person | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0366 tonnes per person | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.036 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0372 tonnes per person | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0382 tonnes per person | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0389 tonnes per person | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0392 tonnes per person | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.0389 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0391 tonnes per person | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0394 tonnes per person | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0415 tonnes per person | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0414 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0411 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0391 tonnes per person | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0374 tonnes per person | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0527 tonnes per person | +41.2% |
| 1988 | 0.058 tonnes per person | +9.9% |
| 1989 | 0.0543 tonnes per person | -6.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0594 tonnes per person | +9.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0583 tonnes per person | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0563 tonnes per person | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0521 tonnes per person | -7.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0543 tonnes per person | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0548 tonnes per person | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0542 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0529 tonnes per person | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0526 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0534 tonnes per person | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0484 tonnes per person | -9.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0486 tonnes per person | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0492 tonnes per person | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0494 tonnes per person | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0499 tonnes per person | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0506 tonnes per person | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0508 tonnes per person | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0514 tonnes per person | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0525 tonnes per person | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0525 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.052 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0523 tonnes per person | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0531 tonnes per person | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0512 tonnes per person | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0514 tonnes per person | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0503 tonnes per person | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0492 tonnes per person | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0488 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0471 tonnes per person | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0471 tonnes per person | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0461 tonnes per person | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0452 tonnes per person | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0446 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.0446 tonnes per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0453 tonnes per person, 98% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.0446 tonnes per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0539 tonnes per person, 83% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where emissions of air pollutants, per capita in Mauritania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +41.2% | 0.0374 tonnes per person | 0.0527 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0412 tonnes per person | 0.0355 tonnes per person | 0.0548 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0373 tonnes per person | 0.0357 tonnes per person | 0.0392 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0444 tonnes per person | 0.0374 tonnes per person | 0.058 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0548 tonnes per person | 0.0521 tonnes per person | 0.0594 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0503 tonnes per person | 0.0484 tonnes per person | 0.0525 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0502 tonnes per person | 0.0471 tonnes per person | 0.0531 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0453 tonnes per person | 0.0446 tonnes per person | 0.0461 tonnes per person | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More climate change data for Mauritania
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 5.05 million kg (2050)
- 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 emissions of air pollutants, per capita in Mauritania?
- Emissions of air pollutants, per capita in Mauritania was 0.0446 tonnes per person in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest emissions of air pollutants, per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0594 tonnes per person in 1990.
- What is the lowest emissions of air pollutants, per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0355 tonnes per person in 1968.
- How does Mauritania rank for emissions of air pollutants, per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 95th out of 207 countries with data for 2022.
- Is emissions of air pollutants, per capita rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. 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 emissions of air pollutants, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
emissions of air pollutants divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
emissions of air pollutants ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- emissions of air pollutants Hoesly et al. (2024) – Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
emissions of air pollutants divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.