Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Mauritania
Mauritania: Wood fuel — Production, per capita was 0.4691 m3 per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in m3 per person.
Analysis
In 2024, wood fuel — production, per capita in Mauritania stood at 0.4691 m3 per person. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood fuel — production, per capita in Mauritania peaked at 0.7861 m3 per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.4691 m3 per person, in 2024.
That places Mauritania 44th out of 170 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | m3 per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.7861 m3 per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.7786 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 0.7707 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 0.7624 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 0.7536 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 0.7445 m3 per person | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 0.7351 m3 per person | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 0.7256 m3 per person | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 0.7161 m3 per person | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 0.7067 m3 per person | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 0.6972 m3 per person | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.6874 m3 per person | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.6898 m3 per person | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.6674 m3 per person | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 0.6702 m3 per person | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.6538 m3 per person | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 0.6506 m3 per person | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 0.6471 m3 per person | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 0.6363 m3 per person | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 0.6268 m3 per person | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 0.6186 m3 per person | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 0.6193 m3 per person | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.6104 m3 per person | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 0.6165 m3 per person | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.6101 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.6003 m3 per person | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 0.5953 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.5909 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 0.5856 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 0.5899 m3 per person | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.5854 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.5777 m3 per person | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.564 m3 per person | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 0.5559 m3 per person | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 0.5505 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.5504 m3 per person | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.5483 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.5491 m3 per person | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.548 m3 per person | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.5464 m3 per person | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.5467 m3 per person | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.5485 m3 per person | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.5499 m3 per person | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.5511 m3 per person | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.5521 m3 per person | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.5518 m3 per person | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.551 m3 per person | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.5488 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.5453 m3 per person | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.5415 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.5359 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5303 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.5254 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.5213 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.5172 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.5113 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.5056 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.5 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.4945 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.4893 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.4843 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4792 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.4739 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 0.4691 m3 per person | -1.0% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.4691 m3 per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3778 m3 per person, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.4691 m3 per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4386 m3 per person, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7525 m3 per person | 0.7161 m3 per person | 0.7861 m3 per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6706 m3 per person | 0.6363 m3 per person | 0.7067 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6074 m3 per person | 0.5856 m3 per person | 0.6268 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5619 m3 per person | 0.548 m3 per person | 0.5899 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5492 m3 per person | 0.5453 m3 per person | 0.5521 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5183 m3 per person | 0.4945 m3 per person | 0.5415 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4792 m3 per person | 0.4691 m3 per person | 0.4893 m3 per person | 5 |
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)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6871 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 3.57 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wood fuel — production, per capita in Mauritania?
- Wood fuel — production, per capita in Mauritania was 0.4691 m3 per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wood fuel — production, per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7861 m3 per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest wood fuel — production, per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4691 m3 per person in 2024.
- How does Mauritania rank for wood fuel — production, per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 44th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wood fuel — production, per capita rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wood fuel — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wood fuel — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wood fuel — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wood fuel — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wood fuel — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.