Land-use change — Emissions per capita in Mauritania
Mauritania: Land-use change — Emissions per capita was 0.14 t CO2eq/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Land-use change — Emissions per capita in Mauritania, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t CO2eq/cap.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.14 t CO2eq/cap for land-use change — emissions per capita in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.7% on the previous year and down 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land-use change — emissions per capita in Mauritania peaked at 0.37 t CO2eq/cap in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.14 t CO2eq/cap, in 2023.
Mauritania ranks 62nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.32 t CO2eq/cap | 0.28 t CO2eq/cap | 0.37 t CO2eq/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.247 t CO2eq/cap | 0.22 t CO2eq/cap | 0.27 t CO2eq/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.186 t CO2eq/cap | 0.16 t CO2eq/cap | 0.21 t CO2eq/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.15 t CO2eq/cap | 0.14 t CO2eq/cap | 0.16 t CO2eq/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
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 land-use change — emissions per capita in Mauritania?
- Land-use change — emissions per capita in Mauritania was 0.14 t CO2eq/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest land-use change — emissions per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.37 t CO2eq/cap in 1990.
- What is the lowest land-use change — emissions per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.14 t CO2eq/cap in 2023.
- How does Mauritania rank for land-use change — emissions per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 62nd out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land-use change — emissions per capita rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Land-use change — Emissions per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.