Chad vs Mauritania: Emissions of air pollutants

Chad
44,196 tonnes
in 2022
Mauritania
45,788 tonnes
in 2022
Chad rank
132nd
Mauritania rank
131st

Emissions of air pollutants over time

  • Chad
  • Mauritania
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How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 45,788 tonnes against 44,196 tonnes in Chad, a difference of 1,593 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 132nd and Mauritania ranks 131st of 220 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Emissions of air pollutants
Unit
tonnes
Source
Hoesly et al. (2024) - Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
220 places, 60,060 data points, 1750–2022
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Nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) are gases that are mainly formed during the burning of fossil fuels. Exposure to NOₓ gases can have negative impacts on respiratory health. NOₓ gases can also lead to the formation of ozone – another air pollutant.