Mauritania CO2 emissions data for 2009

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Mauritania emit in 2009?

Mauritania emitted 2.01 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009. This represents 0.01% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Mauritania in 2009?

In 2009, Mauritania emitted 0.61 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 3322625.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 2.01 million tonnes emitted by Mauritania in 2009 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	1.96	0.59
Gas	0.0	0.0
Coal	0.0	0.0
Cement	0.0	0.0
Flaring	0.05	0.02

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