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Primary energy consumption — Mauritania

Primary energy consumption in Mauritania in 2024 — 0.067 quad Btu. Ranked 144 in the world out of 218. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 656%.

2024 0.067 quad Btu +2.79% vs 2023
World rank 144of 218
Period maximum 0.069 quad Btu2022
Period minimum 0.007 quad Btu1986

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Mauritania, 1980–202400.020.040.060.0819801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 0.009 quad Btu1981: 0.008 quad Btu1982: 0.009 quad Btu1983: 0.009 quad Btu1984: 0.013 quad Btu1985: 0.013 quad Btu1986: 0.007 quad Btu1987: 0.01 quad Btu1988: 0.013 quad Btu1989: 0.015 quad Btu1990: 0.013 quad Btu1991: 0.014 quad Btu1992: 0.046 quad Btu1993: 0.047 quad Btu1994: 0.047 quad Btu1995: 0.048 quad Btu1996: 0.048 quad Btu1997: 0.048 quad Btu1998: 0.048 quad Btu1999: 0.048 quad Btu2000: 0.017 quad Btu2001: 0.018 quad Btu2002: 0.019 quad Btu2003: 0.02 quad Btu2004: 0.021 quad Btu2005: 0.022 quad Btu2006: 0.022 quad Btu2007: 0.025 quad Btu2008: 0.03 quad Btu2009: 0.03 quad Btu2010: 0.03 quad Btu2011: 0.032 quad Btu2012: 0.035 quad Btu2013: 0.032 quad Btu2014: 0.038 quad Btu2015: 0.038 quad Btu2016: 0.035 quad Btu2017: 0.054 quad Btu2018: 0.059 quad Btu2019: 0.062 quad Btu2020: 0.063 quad Btu2021: 0.06 quad Btu2022: 0.069 quad Btu2023: 0.065 quad Btu2024: 0.067 quad Btu
Change over the period: +0.058 (+655.99%) Average annual rate: 4.7 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritania 0.067 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 11.763 quad Btu
Western Africa computed 3.178 quad Btu
Lower-middle-income countries computed 81.187 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 0.067 +0.002 +2.79%
2023 0.065 −0.004 −5.6%
2022 0.069 +0.009 +15.38%
2021 0.06 −0.003 −5.09%
2020 0.063 +0.002 +2.72%
2019 0.062 +0.002 +3.99%
2018 0.059 +0.005 +10.1%
2017 0.054 +0.018 +51.54%
2016 0.035 −0.002 −6.46%
2015 0.038 −0 −0.02%
2014 0.038 +0.006 +20.28%
2013 0.032 −0.004 −10.53%
2012 0.035 +0.003 +10.88%
2011 0.032 +0.002 +7.56%
2010 0.03 −0 −0.8%
2009 0.03 −0.001 −1.73%
2008 0.03 +0.006 +23.2%
2007 0.025 +0.003 +13.04%
2006 0.022 −0.001 −2.69%
2005 0.022 +0.001 +4.27%
2004 0.021 +0.002 +7.56%
2003 0.02 +0.001 +4.56%
2002 0.019 +0.001 +7.5%
2001 0.018 +0.001 +4.32%
2000 0.017 −0.031 −64.8%
1999 0.048 −0 −0.03%
1998 0.048 +0 +0.42%
1997 0.048 +0 +0.08%
1996 0.048 +0.001 +1.19%
1995 0.048 +0.001 +1.47%
1994 0.047 −0 −0.3%
1993 0.047 +0.001 +2.37%
1992 0.046 +0.032 +226.88%
1991 0.014 +0.001 +4.67%
1990 0.013 −0.002 −10.26%
1989 0.015 +0.002 +15.26%
1988 0.013 +0.003 +29.4%
1987 0.01 +0.003 +37.89%
1986 0.007 −0.005 −42.51%
1985 0.013 −0 −0.32%
1984 0.013 +0.004 +48.72%
1983 0.009 +0 +0.16%
1982 0.009 +0 +0.44%
1981 0.008 −0 −4.6%
1980 0.009 — —

Western Africa, 2024

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

NG Nigeria 1.757 GH Ghana 0.383 CI Côte d'Ivoire 0.285 SN Senegal 0.17 BJ Benin 0.107 ML Mali 0.099 BF Burkina Faso 0.085 GN Guinea 0.075 MR Mauritania 0.067 NE Niger 0.047 TG Togo 0.044 SL Sierra Leone 0.024 LR Liberia 0.011 CV Cabo Verde 0.011 GM Gambia 0.008 GW Guinea-Bissau 0.005 SH Saint Helena 0
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About the indicator

Primary energy consumption is all the energy a country used over the year: coal, oil, gas, nuclear and renewable energy brought to a common unit. “Primary” means energy in the form in which it is taken from nature, before losses in conversion and transmission; electricity enters it not as a separate line but through the fuel it was generated from. The unit is the quadrillion British thermal units, customary in American statistics: one such unit is roughly equal to 25 million tonnes of oil equivalent.

Important: The figure is broader than electricity: electricity is only part of the final use of this energy, and transport and heating are included in it as well. This is the series that serves as the weight when the energy intensity aggregates are computed.

Source: International Energy Statistics (EIA), license Public domain (work of a U.S. federal agency).

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