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Mauritania CO2 Emissions

Total CO₂ Emissions (2024)
5,011,632
tons
Year-over-Year
+3.82%
increase
Global Share
0.01%
Per Capita
0.95
tons per person

  • Fossil CO2 emissions in Mauritania were 5,011,632 tons in 2024.
  • CO2 emissions increased by 3.82% over the previous year, representing an increase by 184,236 tons over 2023, when CO2 emissions were 4,827,397 tons.
  • CO2 emissions per capita in Mauritania are equivalent to 0.95 tons per person, an increase by 0.01 over the figure of 0.94 CO2 tons per person registered in 2023; this represents a change of 1.3% in CO2 emissions per capita.

Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of Mauritania

Fossil CO2 emissions (tons) CO2 emissions change CO2 emissions per capita Share of World's CO2 emissions
2024 5,011,632 3.82% 0.95 0.013%
2023 4,827,397 −3.96% 0.94 0.012%
2022 5,026,270 13.95% 1 0.013%
2021 4,411,135 −4.84% 0.9 0.012%
2020 4,635,355 3.32% 0.97 0.013%
2019 4,486,227 1.14% 0.96 0.012%
2018 4,435,453 16.45% 0.98 0.012%
2017 3,809,016 45.12% 0.86 0.010%
2016 2,624,741 −4.8% 0.61 0.0072%
2015 2,757,000 2.77% 0.66 0.0076%
2014 2,682,739 15.87% 0.66 0.0074%
2013 2,315,273 −8.36% 0.59 0.0064%
2012 2,526,543 11.55% 0.66 0.0071%
2011 2,265,026 7.5% 0.61 0.0065%
2010 2,106,941 0.46% 0.58 0.0062%
2009 2,097,313 −0.26% 0.6 0.0066%
2008 2,102,776 11.8% 0.62 0.0065%
2007 1,880,816 11.27% 0.57 0.0058%
2006 1,690,353 9.89% 0.52 0.0054%
2005 1,538,270 3.47% 0.49 0.0051%
2004 1,486,673 9.08% 0.49 0.0051%
2003 1,362,962 4.87% 0.46 0.0049%
2002 1,299,673 11.04% 0.45 0.0049%
2001 1,170,465 10.61% 0.42 0.0045%
2000 1,058,198 −57.97% 0.39 0.0041%
1999 2,517,802 3.19% 0.96 0.010%
1998 2,439,998 2.21% 0.96 0.0099%
1997 2,387,213 −1.73% 0.97 0.0097%
1996 2,429,205 −0.96% 1.01 0.010%
1995 2,452,697 4.07% 1.05 0.010%
1994 2,356,699 3.95% 1.04 0.010%
1993 2,267,049 −0.99% 1.03 0.0099%
1992 2,289,722 155.37% 1.07 0.010%
1991 896,631 26.81% 0.43 0.0039%
1990 707,094 −20.47% 0.35 0.0031%
1989 889,068 6.35% 0.45 0.0040%
1988 835,988 18.45% 0.43 0.0038%
1987 705,775 82.49% 0.38 0.0033%
1986 386,743 −37.49% 0.21 0.0019%
1985 618,709 −0.75% 0.35 0.0031%
1984 623,388 39.8% 0.36 0.0031%
1983 445,909 8.55% 0.27 0.0023%
1982 410,775 −6.51% 0.25 0.0021%
1981 439,370 −7.79% 0.28 0.0023%
1980 476,469 −0.59% 0.31 0.0024%
1979 479,293 13.28% 0.32 0.0024%
1978 423,095 1.8% 0.29 0.0022%
1977 415,598 3.29% 0.3 0.0022%
1976 402,356 3.2% 0.29 0.0022%
1975 389,875 4.18% 0.29 0.0023%
1974 374,225 7.16% 0.29 0.0022%
1973 349,223 3.67% 0.28 0.0020%
1972 336,861 0.65% 0.28 0.0020%
1971 334,701 0.46% 0.28 0.0021%
1970 333,180 0.29 0.0021%

See also


Sources

  • Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).