Per capita CO₂ emissions by source in Mauritania
Mauritania: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source was 0 tonnes per person in 2000. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2000)
0 tonnes per person
World rank
141st
of 179 countries
All-time high
0.03 tonnes per person
in 1970
All-time low
0 tonnes per person
in 1999
Years of data
32
1969–2000
Per capita CO₂ emissions by source in Mauritania, 1969–2000
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0 tonnes per person for per capita co₂ emissions by source in 2000. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions by source in Mauritania peaked at 0.03 tonnes per person in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0 tonnes per person, in 1999.
Mauritania ranks 141st of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0069 tonnes per person | 0.0069 tonnes per person | 0.0069 tonnes per person | 1 |
| 1970s | 0.0136 tonnes per person | 0.0105 tonnes per person | 0.03 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0097 tonnes per person | 0.0077 tonnes per person | 0.0117 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0046 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.0075 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 139 Burkina Faso 0 tonnes per person compare
- 140 Turkmenistan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Andorra 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Angola 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Aruba 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Bahrain 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Barbados 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Bermuda 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Cape Verde 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Central African Republic 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Chad 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Congo 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Curacao 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Ecuador 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 El Salvador 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Faroe Islands 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Fiji 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Gabon 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Greenland 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Guyana 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Libya 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Macao 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Paraguay 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Saint Helena 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Samoa 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Sierra Leone 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 South Sudan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Sudan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Suriname 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Togo 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Tonga 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Trinidad and Tobago 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Tunisia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Uganda 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Vanuatu 0 tonnes per person 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 per capita co₂ emissions by source in Mauritania?
- Per capita co₂ emissions by source in Mauritania was 0 tonnes per person in 2000, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita co₂ emissions by source recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.03 tonnes per person in 1970.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions by source recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 tonnes per person in 1999.
- How does Mauritania rank for per capita co₂ emissions by source?
- Mauritania ranks 141st out of 179 countries with data for 2000.
- Is per capita co₂ emissions by source rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita CO₂ emissions by source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes per person.