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Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Mauritania

Includes carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, cement manufacture, and gas flaring, but excludes emissions from Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF).

Chart: Carbon emissions per capita for Mauritania (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Mauritania . All emission estimates are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon. Per capita emission estimates are expressed in metric tons of carbon. YEAR Carbon emissions Per capita emissions 1959 9 0.01 1960 10 0.01 1961 13 0.01 1962 17 0.02 1963 24 0.02 1964 32 0.03 1965 44 0.04 1966 49 0.04 1967 54 0.05 1968 64 0.06 1969 75 0.06 1970 117 0.1 1971 109 0.09 1972 122 0.1 1973 128 0.1 1974 132 0.1 1975 139 0.1 1976 141 0.1 1977 152 0.11 1978 159 0.11 1979 165 0.11 1980 172 0.11 1981 181 0.11 1982 241 0.15 1983 255 0.15 1984 236 0.14 1985 179 0.1 1986 102 0.06 1987 896 0.48 1988 881 0.46 1989 777 0.39 1990 727 0.37 1991 750 0.37 1992 803 0.38 1993 808 0.37 1994 852 0.39 1995 814 0.36 1996 818 0.35 1997 818 0.34 1998 303 0.12 1999 327 0.13 2000 326 0.12 2001 350 0.13 2002 385 0.14 2003 396 0.14 2004 440 0.15 2005 450 0.15 2006 454 0.15 All data from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Data excludes emissions from land use and agriculture (including deforestation). CITATION: Tom Boden, Gregg Marland, Robert J. Andres. Global CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2006. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge, Tennessee. April 29, 2009. doi 10.3334/CDIAC/00001

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