Mauritania CO2 emissions data for 2011

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Mauritania emit in 2011?

Mauritania emitted 2.23 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2011. This represents 0.01% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Mauritania in 2011?

In 2011, Mauritania emitted 0.63 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 3524250.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 2.23 million tonnes emitted by Mauritania in 2011 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 2.15 0.61
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 0.0 0.0
Cement 0.0 0.0
Flaring 0.08 0.02

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