🇲🇷 Mauritania Environment - Air Quality, Renewable Energy & CO2

🇲🇷 Mauritania MR / MRT #28

Nomad Score 36.0

Cities 8

Region African Union, Arab League, Francophone, Arab World, Maghreb, Sahel, Africa, Africa, Western Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency MRU

🌍 ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIEW

PM2.5 (2019) 42.0 µg/m³

Renewable Energy (2022) 27.4%

Sources: OWID, World Bank

PM2.5 Concentration 42.0 µg/m³

WHO Guideline 5.0 µg/m³

vs WHO limit 8.4x above guideline

Assessment Poor air quality

Source: WHO Global Health Observatory via OWID. WHO annual mean guideline: 5 µg/m³.

Renewable Share 27.4% of electricity

Assessment Growing renewable share

Source: Ember / Energy Institute via OWID. Percentage of electricity from renewable sources.

Electricity Access (2023) 50.3%

Sanitation (2024) 58.7%

Forest Area (2023) 0.3%

Renewable Electricity (2021) 19.4%

PM2.5 (WB) (2020) 70.8 µg/m³