Mauritania Key Figures
- Population:
- 5.02 million
- GDP growth rate:
- 6.51 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 25.5%
Data of the last year available: 2023
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 115 (2015=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 1.00 tCO2/cap
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 10.0%
* at purchasing power parity
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Mauritania Total Energy Production & Consumption
Energy consumption per capita is estimated at 0.5 toe in 2023 (compared to 0.3 toe in Mali and Senegal and 0.6 toe in Morocco).
Total energy consumption is growing rapidly and has more than doubled since 2010 (6%/year), reaching 2 Mtoe in 2023.
Oil covers 72% of the country's energy needs in 2023 (+14 points compared to 2010), biomass 20% (-15% points), and primary electricity (mainly solar, stable at 8%).
Graph: Primary Consumption Trends by Energy Source (Mtoe)
Source: Mauritania energy report
Interactive Chart Mauritania Total Energy Production & Consumption
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Mauritania Oil Production & Consumption
Crude oil production stopped in 2017 after the Chinguetti field moved to the decommissioning phase.
Graph: Crude Oil Production & Consumption (Mt)
Graph: Petroleum Products Production & Consumption (Mt)
Source: Mauritania energy report
Interactive Chart Mauritania Crude Oil Production & Consumption
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Interactive Chart Mauritania Refined Oil Products Production & Consumption
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Mauritania Natural Gas Production & Consumption
Mauritania started producing gas at the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) natural gas field at the end of 2024; all the gas produced is liquefied for exports. LNG exports startedin April 2025.
BP has signed a 20-year lease and operating agreement with Golar LNG for a floating LNG plant, Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG, with a capacity of 2.5 Mt/year. In 2020, Kosmos Energy signed a 20-year sale and purchase agreement with BP to supply the whole capacity of the first phase of the project
Source: Mauritania energy report
Interactive Chart Mauritania Gas Production & Consumption
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Mauritania Renewable in % Electricity Production
The target set in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP, 2011) for a 20% share of renewables in power production in 2020 was almost achieved (19%, of which 10% for solar and 9% for wind).
According to the country's NDC, renewables should account for 50% of Mauritania's power mix in 2030 (16% in 2023, including 8% of solar and 8% of wind).
Source: Mauritania energy report
Interactive Chart Mauritania Share of Renewables in Electricity Production (incl hydro)
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Mauritania GHG emissions and CO2 emissions
In its updated NDC, the country set a GHG emissions reduction target of 92% in 2030, compared to a BAU scenario. The reduction target is divided into an unconditional reduction target of 11% and a conditional target of 81%, almost reaching carbon neutrality by the end of the decade. Mauritania expects to attain net zero emissions by 2050 on its own resources.
Source: Mauritania energy report
Interactive Chart Mauritania CO2 emissions
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