Mauritania CO2 emissions data for 2016
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Mauritania emit in 2016?
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Mauritania emitted 2.63 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016.
This represents 0.01% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Mauritania in 2016?
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In 2016, Mauritania emitted 0.65 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 4051896.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 2.63 million tonnes emitted by Mauritania in 2016 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
2.54 |
0.63 |
| Gas |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Coal |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Cement |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Flaring |
0.09 |
0.02 |
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