Mauritania CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Mauritania emit in 2008?

Mauritania emitted 1.83 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 0.01% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Mauritania in 2008?

In 2008, Mauritania emitted 0.57 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 3233342.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 1.83 million tonnes emitted by Mauritania in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	1.77	0.55
Gas	0.0	0.0
Coal	0.0	0.0
Cement	0.0	0.0
Flaring	0.06	0.02

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