Waste — Emissions Share in Mauritius

Mauritius: Waste — Emissions Share was 10.61 % in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
10.61 %
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
26th
of 208 countries
All-time high
11.83 %
in 2010
All-time low
8.31 %
in 1995
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Waste — Emissions Share in Mauritius, 1990–2023

02.557.51012.51990200620231990: 8.5 %1991: 8.7 %1992: 8.6 %1993: 8.8 %1994: 8.6 %1995: 8.3 %1996: 8.5 %1997: 9 %1998: 9.2 %1999: 9.2 %2000: 9.3 %2001: 10.8 %2002: 10.3 %2003: 10.4 %2004: 10.6 %2005: 10.8 %2006: 11 %2007: 10.8 %2008: 11.5 %2009: 11.6 %2010: 11.8 %2011: 10.8 %2012: 10 %2013: 10.4 %2014: 10.3 %2015: 11.2 %2016: 10.3 %2017: 9.6 %2018: 10 %2019: 9.8 %2020: 11 %2021: 10.6 %2022: 10.5 %2023: 10.6 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

Mauritius recorded 10.61 % for waste — emissions share in 2023.

The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, waste — emissions share in Mauritius peaked at 11.83 % in 2010 and was at its lowest, 8.31 %, in 1995.

Mauritius ranks 26th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 8.74 % 8.31 % 9.21 % 10
2000s 10.71 % 9.29 % 11.6 % 10
2010s 10.43 % 9.64 % 11.83 % 10
2020s 10.69 % 10.51 % 11.02 % 4

Countries ranked near Mauritius

  1. 23 Sri Lanka 11.63 % compare
  2. 24 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.54 % compare
  3. 25 Antigua and Barbuda 10.67 % compare
  4. 27 Grenada 10.43 % compare
  5. 28 Jamaica 10.33 % compare
  6. 29 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 10.31 % compare

See the full ranking of 242 places →

More climate change data for Mauritius

All data for Mauritius →

Frequently asked questions

What is waste — emissions share in Mauritius?
Waste — emissions share in Mauritius was 10.61 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest waste — emissions share recorded in Mauritius?
The highest recorded value was 11.83 % in 2010.
What is the lowest waste — emissions share recorded in Mauritius?
The lowest recorded value was 8.31 % in 1995.
How does Mauritius rank for waste — emissions share?
Mauritius ranks 26th out of 208 countries with data for 2023.
Is waste — emissions share rising or falling in Mauritius?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mauritius data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Waste — Emissions Share (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

About this data

Indicator
Waste — Emissions Share (N2O)
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
242 places, 8,008 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.