Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Mauritania

Renewables share of electricity in Mauritania in 2024 — 22.7%. Ranked 114 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.56 pp.

2024 22.7% +1.17 pp vs 2023
World rank 114of 196
Period maximum 30.13%2018
Period minimum 5.66%2002

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Mauritania, 2000–20240102030402000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 7.14%2001: 6.38%2002: 5.66%2003: 8%2004: 7.41%2005: 9.43%2006: 8.06%2007: 7.81%2008: 8.33%2009: 14.29%2010: 14.12%2011: 14.94%2012: 14.58%2013: 21.43%2014: 21.36%2015: 27.59%2016: 25%2017: 24.44%2018: 30.13%2019: 29.93%2020: 28.83%2021: 28.48%2022: 27.44%2023: 21.53%2024: 22.7%
Change over the period: +15.56 pp Annual average: 0.65 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritania 22.7%
World computed 31.97%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 37.56%
Western Africa computed 29.13%
Renewables share of electricity — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 22.7 +1.17 pp
2023 21.53 −5.91 pp
2022 27.44 −1.04 pp
2021 28.48 −0.35 pp
2020 28.83 −1.1 pp
2019 29.93 −0.2 pp
2018 30.13 +5.69 pp
2017 24.44 −0.56 pp
2016 25 −2.59 pp
2015 27.59 +6.23 pp
2014 21.36 −0.07 pp
2013 21.43 +6.85 pp
2012 14.58 −0.36 pp
2011 14.94 +0.82 pp
2010 14.12 −0.17 pp
2009 14.29 +5.96 pp
2008 8.33 +0.52 pp
2007 7.81 −0.25 pp
2006 8.06 −1.37 pp
2005 9.43 +2.02 pp
2004 7.41 −0.59 pp
2003 8 +2.34 pp
2002 5.66 −0.72 pp
2001 6.38 −0.76 pp
2000 7.14

About the indicator

The share of electricity from all renewable sources: hydro, wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and tidal plants. It differs fundamentally from the indicator for renewables excluding hydro, and the difference explains most of the puzzlement such rankings cause: with hydro included, the top of the list holds countries whose renewable share has always been high — Norway, Paraguay, Nepal — while excluding hydro shows those that rebuilt their generation over the past twenty years.

Important: Hydro is included. The series without hydro is Renewables excluding hydro; it comes from the World Bank and covers more territories. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

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