Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption in Mauritania
Mauritania: Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption was 15,470 TJ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption in Mauritania, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 15,470 TJ for total bioenergy — energy consumption in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total bioenergy — energy consumption in Mauritania peaked at 15,470 TJ in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,311 TJ, in 1990.
That places Mauritania 121st out of 227 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,886 TJ | 8,311 TJ | 9,544 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,737 TJ | 9,732 TJ | 11,815 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,218 TJ | 12,078 TJ | 14,307 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,055 TJ | 14,564 TJ | 15,470 TJ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 118 Belgium-Luxembourg 17,866 TJ compare
- 119 Ecuador 17,672 TJ compare
- 120 Costa Rica 16,354 TJ compare
- 122 Guinea-Bissau 15,184 TJ compare
- 123 Afghanistan 14,856 TJ compare
- 124 Lesotho 13,872 TJ compare
More environment data for Mauritania
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 9.78 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 45.01 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 38.08 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 98.84 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 39,250 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.03 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 10 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 1.13 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 450 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.09 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total bioenergy — energy consumption in Mauritania?
- Total bioenergy — energy consumption in Mauritania was 15,470 TJ in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest total bioenergy — energy consumption recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 15,470 TJ in 2024.
- What is the lowest total bioenergy — energy consumption recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,311 TJ in 1990.
- How does Mauritania rank for total bioenergy — energy consumption?
- Mauritania ranks 121st out of 227 countries with data for 2024.
- Is total bioenergy — energy consumption rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Bioenergy contains data on bioenergy use and bioenergy production, covering the following items: i) animal waste, ii) bagasse, iii) bio jet kerosene, iv) biodiesel, v) biogases, vi) biogasoline, vii) black liquor, viii) charcoal, ix) fuelwood, x) other liquid biofuels, xi) other vegetal material and residues.