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Carbon intensity of the economy — Mauritania

Carbon intensity of the economy in Mauritania in 2022 — 0.336 kg/$. Ranked 134 in the world out of 164. Since 1959, the indicator has risen by 860%.

2022 0.336 kg/$ +9.45% vs 2021
World rank 134of 164
Period maximum 1.158 kg/$1987
Period minimum 0.035 kg/$1959

Trend over time

1959–2022 · kg CO₂ per PPP $

Carbon intensity of the economy — Mauritania, 1959–202200.511.519591966197319801987199420012008201520221959: 0.035 kg/$1961: 0.04 kg/$1963: 0.08 kg/$1965: 0.099 kg/$1967: 0.117 kg/$1969: 0.152 kg/$1971: 0.199 kg/$1973: 0.235 kg/$1975: 0.214 kg/$1977: 0.22 kg/$1979: 0.234 kg/$1981: 0.234 kg/$1983: 0.366 kg/$1985: 0.253 kg/$1987: 1.158 kg/$1989: 0.953 kg/$1991: 0.284 kg/$1993: 0.262 kg/$1995: 0.269 kg/$1997: 0.259 kg/$1999: 0.23 kg/$2001: 0.233 kg/$2003: 0.23 kg/$2005: 0.213 kg/$2007: 0.205 kg/$2009: 0.225 kg/$2011: 0.219 kg/$2013: 0.19 kg/$2015: 0.244 kg/$2017: 0.273 kg/$2019: 0.32 kg/$2021: 0.307 kg/$2022: 0.336 kg/$
Change over the period: +0.301 (+860%) Average annual rate: 3.66 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Mauritania 0.336 kg/$
World computed 0.273 kg/$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.202 kg/$
Western Africa computed 0.134 kg/$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.246 kg/$
Carbon intensity of the economy — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/$ Change Change, %
2022 0.336 +0.029 +9.45%
2021 0.307 −0.028 −8.36%
2020 0.335 +0.015 +4.69%
2019 0.32 −0.004 −1.23%
2018 0.324 +0.051 +18.68%
2017 0.273 +0.062 +29.38%
2016 0.211 −0.033 −13.52%
2015 0.244 +0.033 +15.64%
2014 0.211 +0.021 +11.05%
2013 0.19 −0.037 −16.3%
2012 0.227 +0.008 +3.65%
2011 0.219 +0 +0%
2010 0.219 −0.006 −2.67%
2009 0.225 +0.018 +8.7%
2008 0.207 +0.002 +0.98%
2007 0.205 +0.015 +7.89%
2006 0.19 −0.023 −10.8%
2005 0.213 −0.016 −6.99%
2004 0.229 −0.001 −0.43%
2003 0.23 −0.011 −4.56%
2002 0.241 +0.008 +3.43%
2001 0.233 +0.003 +1.3%
2000 0.23 +0 +0%
1999 0.23 −0.016 −6.5%
1998 0.246 −0.013 −5.02%
1997 0.259 +0.009 +3.6%
1996 0.25 −0.019 −7.06%
1995 0.269 +0.015 +5.91%
1994 0.254 −0.008 −3.05%
1993 0.262 −0.022 −7.75%
1992 0.284 +0 +0%
1991 0.284 −0.009 −3.07%
1990 0.293 −0.66 −69.25%
1989 0.953 −0.17 −15.14%
1988 1.123 −0.035 −3.02%
1987 1.158 +1.022 +751.47%
1986 0.136 −0.117 −46.25%
1985 0.253 −0.095 −27.3%
1984 0.348 −0.018 −4.92%
1983 0.366 +0.012 +3.39%
1982 0.354 +0.12 +51.28%
1981 0.234 −0.009 −3.7%
1980 0.243 +0.009 +3.85%
1979 0.234 −0.014 −5.65%
1978 0.248 +0.028 +12.73%
1977 0.22 +0.017 +8.37%
1976 0.203 −0.011 −5.14%
1975 0.214 −0.009 −4.04%
1974 0.223 −0.012 −5.11%
1973 0.235 +0.013 +5.86%
1972 0.222 +0.023 +11.56%
1971 0.199 −0.016 −7.44%
1970 0.215 +0.063 +41.45%
1969 0.152 +0.024 +18.75%
1968 0.128 +0.011 +9.4%
1967 0.117 +0.007 +6.36%
1966 0.11 +0.011 +11.11%
1965 0.099 +0.017 +20.73%
1964 0.082 +0.002 +2.5%
1963 0.08 +0.027 +50.94%
1962 0.053 +0.013 +32.5%
1961 0.04 +0.004 +11.11%
1960 0.036 +0.001 +2.86%
1959 0.035 — —

Western Africa, 2022

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

GW Guinea-Bissau 0.106 NG Nigeria 0.116 CI Côte d'Ivoire 0.119 SL Sierra Leone 0.124 NE Niger 0.129 CV Cabo Verde 0.141 GH Ghana 0.143 GN Guinea 0.171 GM Gambia 0.174 BF Burkina Faso 0.175 BJ Benin 0.183 TG Togo 0.192 LR Liberia 0.204 ML Mali 0.23 SN Senegal 0.272 MR Mauritania 0.336
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About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product at purchasing power parity. The indicator answers how cleanly a country produces value, and it separates two different paths to lower emissions: producing less, and emitting less per unit produced. Global carbon intensity has been falling almost without interruption since the 1970s, but more slowly than output has grown — which is why absolute emissions kept rising.

Important: The aggregate for groups of countries is weighted by GDP at PPP, which is exactly the sum of emissions divided by the sum of GDP. The conversion is at PPP rather than at market exchange rates — otherwise poor countries would look carbon-intensive simply because their prices are low.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.

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