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Carbon intensity of electricity — Mauritania

Carbon intensity of electricity in Mauritania in 2024 — 512 g/kWh. Ranked 111 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 17.3%.

2024 512 g/kWh −1.81% vs 2023
World rank 111of 195
Period maximum 623 g/kWh2002
Period minimum 465 g/kWh2019

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Mauritania, 2000–20244505005506006502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 619 g/kWh2001: 617 g/kWh2002: 623 g/kWh2003: 600 g/kWh2004: 611 g/kWh2005: 604 g/kWh2006: 613 g/kWh2007: 609 g/kWh2008: 597 g/kWh2009: 558 g/kWh2010: 565 g/kWh2011: 563 g/kWh2012: 563 g/kWh2013: 520 g/kWh2014: 515 g/kWh2015: 474 g/kWh2016: 491 g/kWh2017: 496 g/kWh2018: 466 g/kWh2019: 465 g/kWh2020: 472 g/kWh2021: 475 g/kWh2022: 482 g/kWh2023: 522 g/kWh2024: 512 g/kWh
Change over the period: −107 (−17.28%) Average annual rate: -0.79 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mauritania

Mauritania 512 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Western Africa computed 475 g/kWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 624 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 512 −9 −1.81%
2023 522 +40 +8.27%
2022 482 +7 +1.48%
2021 475 +2 +0.48%
2020 472 +7 +1.6%
2019 465 −1 −0.17%
2018 466 −31 −6.16%
2017 496 +5 +1%
2016 491 +17 +3.64%
2015 474 −40 −7.86%
2014 515 −6 −1.12%
2013 520 −42 −7.48%
2012 563 −1 −0.13%
2011 563 −1 −0.26%
2010 565 +6 +1.12%
2009 558 −39 −6.49%
2008 597 −12 −2%
2007 609 −4 −0.57%
2006 613 +9 +1.51%
2005 604 −7 −1.2%
2004 611 +11 +1.85%
2003 600 −23 −3.64%
2002 623 +6 +0.91%
2001 617 −2 −0.33%
2000 619 — —

Western Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SL Sierra Leone 48 GN Guinea 181 LR Liberia 316 CI Côte d'Ivoire 405 TG Togo 423 CV Cabo Verde 462 GH Ghana 469 NG Nigeria 496 MR Mauritania 512 ML Mali 539 SN Senegal 540 BF Burkina Faso 562 BJ Benin 584 GW Guinea-Bissau 625 GM Gambia 667 NE Niger 674
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About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector per kilowatt-hour of generation. A single number into which the whole structure of generation folds: a coal plant gives about 820 grams per kilowatt-hour, a gas plant roughly 490, and nuclear, wind and solar single digits. The indicator therefore reads as a summary verdict on a power system and is especially useful for comparing countries with different generation mixes: one may have a lot of hydro and another nuclear, yet the result comes out close.

Important: Emissions from generating electricity are counted, without emissions from building the plants and extracting the fuel. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.

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