Share of global plastic waste imports in Mauritania
Mauritania: Share of global plastic waste imports was 0.0% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Share of global plastic waste imports in Mauritania, 2000–2023
Source: United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of global plastic waste imports in Mauritania is 0.0%, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 10.2% on the previous year and up 3,132.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global plastic waste imports in Mauritania peaked at 0.0% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2011.
That places Mauritania 104th out of 183 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of global plastic waste imports in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | +221.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +75.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | -28.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | +193.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | -72.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | -56.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | -27.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | -84.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | -68.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | +426.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | -32.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +617.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | +62.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -23.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +11.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -10.2% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 37% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0%, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global plastic waste imports in Mauritania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +617.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More environment data for Mauritania
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.465 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.85 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.4893 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0.0349 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global plastic waste imports in Mauritania?
- Share of global plastic waste imports in Mauritania was 0.0% in 2023, according to United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global plastic waste imports recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of global plastic waste imports recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2011.
- How does Mauritania rank for share of global plastic waste imports?
- Mauritania ranks 104th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of global plastic waste imports rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3,132.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global plastic waste imports. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of global plastic waste imports that a country accounts for.