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Per capita methane emissions in Mauritius

Mauritius: Per capita methane emissions was 0.4485 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.4485
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
173rd
of 199 countries
All-time high
0.5014
in 1973
All-time low
0.2646
in 1919
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in Mauritius, 1850–2024

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Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2024, per capita methane emissions in Mauritius stood at 0.4485.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Mauritius peaked at 0.5014 in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0.2646, in 1919.

Mauritius ranks 173rd of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 175 years of available data.

Per capita methane emissions in Mauritius, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.3294 —
1851 0.3404 +3.4%
1852 0.3447 +1.3%
1853 0.343 -0.5%
1854 0.3387 -1.3%
1855 0.3347 -1.2%
1856 0.327 -2.3%
1857 0.3224 -1.4%
1858 0.323 +0.2%
1859 0.3334 +3.2%
1860 0.3339 +0.2%
1861 0.3315 -0.7%
1862 0.3292 -0.7%
1863 0.3304 +0.4%
1864 0.331 +0.2%
1865 0.3364 +1.6%
1866 0.3363 -0.0%
1867 0.3227 -4.1%
1868 0.3176 -1.6%
1869 0.3151 -0.8%
1870 0.3146 -0.1%
1871 0.3092 -1.7%
1872 0.3101 +0.3%
1873 0.3108 +0.2%
1874 0.3107 -0.0%
1875 0.3109 +0.1%
1876 0.3103 -0.2%
1877 0.3091 -0.4%
1878 0.3084 -0.2%
1879 0.3081 -0.1%
1880 0.3077 -0.1%
1881 0.3057 -0.7%
1882 0.3032 -0.8%
1883 0.3014 -0.6%
1884 0.3009 -0.2%
1885 0.2998 -0.4%
1886 0.2974 -0.8%
1887 0.2954 -0.7%
1888 0.2936 -0.6%
1889 0.2922 -0.5%
1890 0.2915 -0.2%
1891 0.2906 -0.3%
1892 0.2895 -0.4%
1893 0.2873 -0.7%
1894 0.2857 -0.6%
1895 0.285 -0.3%
1896 0.2832 -0.6%
1897 0.2814 -0.6%
1898 0.2804 -0.4%
1899 0.2791 -0.4%
1900 0.2779 -0.4%
1901 0.2774 -0.2%
1902 0.277 -0.2%
1903 0.2762 -0.3%
1904 0.2756 -0.2%
1905 0.2753 -0.1%
1906 0.274 -0.5%
1907 0.2731 -0.3%
1908 0.2722 -0.3%
1909 0.2709 -0.5%
1910 0.27 -0.3%
1911 0.2703 +0.1%
1912 0.2697 -0.2%
1913 0.2692 -0.2%
1914 0.269 -0.1%
1915 0.2681 -0.3%
1916 0.2678 -0.1%
1917 0.2672 -0.2%
1918 0.267 -0.0%
1919 0.2646 -0.9%
1920 0.2655 +0.3%
1921 0.2665 +0.4%
1922 0.2664 -0.0%
1923 0.2664 -0.0%
1924 0.2667 +0.1%
1925 0.2671 +0.2%
1926 0.2674 +0.1%
1927 0.2676 +0.1%
1928 0.2675 -0.0%
1929 0.2672 -0.1%
1930 0.2678 +0.2%
1931 0.2674 -0.1%
1932 0.2671 -0.1%
1933 0.267 -0.0%
1934 0.2672 +0.1%
1935 0.2675 +0.1%
1936 0.269 +0.5%
1937 0.2703 +0.5%
1938 0.2721 +0.7%
1939 0.273 +0.3%
1940 0.2738 +0.3%
1941 0.2752 +0.5%
1942 0.2763 +0.4%
1943 0.277 +0.2%
1944 0.2779 +0.3%
1945 0.2859 +2.9%
1946 0.2943 +2.9%
1947 0.3027 +2.9%
1948 0.3116 +2.9%
1949 0.3212 +3.1%
1950 0.328 +2.1%
1951 0.3362 +2.5%
1952 0.3416 +1.6%
1953 0.3527 +3.2%
1954 0.3648 +3.4%
1955 0.3767 +3.3%
1956 0.3887 +3.2%
1957 0.3996 +2.8%
1958 0.4102 +2.6%
1959 0.4204 +2.5%
1960 0.4319 +2.7%
1961 0.4352 +0.8%
1962 0.4466 +2.6%
1963 0.4563 +2.2%
1964 0.4704 +3.1%
1965 0.4782 +1.6%
1966 0.4821 +0.8%
1967 0.4897 +1.6%
1968 0.4939 +0.9%
1969 0.4987 +1.0%
1970 0.455 -8.8%
1971 0.4967 +9.2%
1972 0.5013 +0.9%
1973 0.5014 +0.0%
1974 0.4955 -1.2%
1975 0.4811 -2.9%
1976 0.4921 +2.3%
1977 0.4918 -0.1%
1978 0.4809 -2.2%
1979 0.4831 +0.5%
1980 0.4727 -2.2%
1981 0.4692 -0.7%
1982 0.4701 +0.2%
1983 0.4606 -2.0%
1984 0.457 -0.8%
1985 0.4598 +0.6%
1986 0.4625 +0.6%
1987 0.461 -0.3%
1988 0.4604 -0.1%
1989 0.459 -0.3%
1990 0.4645 +1.2%
1991 0.456 -1.8%
1992 0.4543 -0.4%
1993 0.4492 -1.1%
1994 0.4436 -1.3%
1995 0.4459 +0.5%
1996 0.4461 +0.0%
1997 0.4459 -0.0%
1998 0.4479 +0.5%
1999 0.4342 -3.1%
2000 0.445 +2.5%
2001 0.4382 -1.5%
2002 0.4286 -2.2%
2003 0.4307 +0.5%
2004 0.4315 +0.2%
2005 0.4259 -1.3%
2006 0.4258 -0.0%
2007 0.4254 -0.1%
2008 0.4285 +0.7%
2009 0.4294 +0.2%
2010 0.4318 +0.5%
2011 0.432 +0.1%
2012 0.4328 +0.2%
2013 0.4314 -0.3%
2014 0.4352 +0.9%
2015 0.4355 +0.1%
2016 0.4382 +0.6%
2017 0.4351 -0.7%
2018 0.4382 +0.7%
2019 0.4406 +0.6%
2020 0.4408 +0.0%
2021 0.4426 +0.4%
2022 0.4452 +0.6%
2023 0.4476 +0.5%
2024 0.4485 +0.2%

Mauritius compared with similar countries

  • Mauritius's 0.4485 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.07, 42% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
  • Mauritius's 0.4485 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.8668, 52% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.3337 0.3224 0.3447 10
1860s 0.3284 0.3151 0.3364 10
1870s 0.3102 0.3081 0.3146 10
1880s 0.2997 0.2922 0.3077 10
1890s 0.2854 0.2791 0.2915 10
1900s 0.275 0.2709 0.2779 10
1910s 0.2683 0.2646 0.2703 10
1920s 0.2668 0.2655 0.2676 10
1930s 0.2688 0.267 0.273 10
1940s 0.2896 0.2738 0.3212 10
1950s 0.3719 0.328 0.4204 10
1960s 0.4683 0.4319 0.4987 10
1970s 0.4879 0.455 0.5014 10
1980s 0.4632 0.457 0.4727 10
1990s 0.4488 0.4342 0.4645 10
2000s 0.4309 0.4254 0.445 10
2010s 0.4351 0.4314 0.4406 10
2020s 0.445 0.4408 0.4485 5

Countries ranked near Mauritius

  1. 170 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.478 compare
  2. 171 Comoros 0.4623 compare
  3. 172 Liberia 0.4608 compare
  4. 174 Saint Helena 0.4391 compare
  5. 175 Gambia 0.4351 compare
  6. 176 Egypt 0.4277 compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in Mauritius?
Per capita methane emissions in Mauritius was 0.4485 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in Mauritius?
The highest recorded value was 0.5014 in 1973.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Mauritius?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2646 in 1919.
How does Mauritius rank for per capita methane emissions?
Mauritius ranks 173rd out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Mauritius?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mauritius data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita methane emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Per capita methane emissions
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
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