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Mauritania - Renewable Energy 2016

Name: Mauritania Renewable Energy 2016
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Renewable energy consumption as % of total · World Bank

31.70% +3.40% from 2015 Global rank: 73rd

Mauritania's renewable energy was 31.70% in 2016, increased +3.40% from 28.30% in 2015. This was the 73rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2016▾

Renewable Energy by Country - 2016
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	97.00%	1.3%
2nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	94.80%	0.3%
3rd	Liberia	92.80%	1.0%
4th	Central African Republic	92.10%	-0.9%
5th	Uganda	91.40%	-0.3%
6th	Burundi	89.60%	-1.8%
7th	Guinea-Bissau	86.80%	-0.5%
8th	Rwanda	85.50%	-0.9%
9th	Zambia	84.00%	0.0%
10th	Madagascar	83.80%	-0.1%
11th	Tanzania	81.70%	-1.3%
12th	Zimbabwe	81.70%	1.1%
13th	Gabon	81.50%	-0.5%
14th	Eritrea	81.40%	0.2%
15th	Nigeria	81.10%	-0.2%
16th	Iceland	80.90%	3.7%
17th	Bhutan	80.80%	-1.0%
18th	Togo	80.70%	-0.4%
19th	Niger	80.20%	1.6%
20th	Nepal	79.40%	-6.8%
21st	Malawi	78.90%	-2.6%
22nd	Cameroon	78.80%	0.9%
23rd	Mali	77.90%	-4.1%
24th	Mozambique	77.40%	-3.4%
25th	Burkina Faso	77.10%	-2.2%
26th	Haiti	76.10%	0.0%
27th	Guinea	75.30%	-1.2%
28th	Sierra Leone	73.60%	-0.5%
29th	Chad	72.70%	0.0%
30th	Myanmar	68.80%	-1.7%
31st	Kenya	68.30%	-1.3%
32nd	Congo, Republic of	67.70%	5.5%
33rd	Eswatini	64.30%	-6.5%
34th	Côte d'Ivoire	64.00%	-0.8%
35th	Comoros	64.00%	-4.5%
36th	Guatemala	63.20%	-0.2%
37th	Paraguay	62.50%	3.3%
38th	Uruguay	60.30%	1.5%
39th	Sudan	58.90%	-4.8%
40th	Cambodia	58.00%	-4.3%
41st	Norway	57.70%	2.1%
42nd	Liechtenstein	55.80%	0.5%
43rd	Papua New Guinea	54.80%	-0.9%
44th	Honduras	52.70%	3.7%
45th	Lao PDR	51.70%	-3.0%
46th	Sweden	50.90%	-1.9%
47th	Nicaragua	49.50%	-1.0%
48th	Solomon Islands	48.70%	0.2%
49th	Gambia, The	48.60%	-0.8%
50th	Angola	48.10%	2.1%
51st	Kiribati	48.10%	1.3%
52nd	Benin	45.40%	-9.0%
53rd	Brazil	45.40%	3.9%
54th	Ghana	45.20%	2.7%
55th	Sri Lanka	45.10%	-12.1%
56th	Lesotho	45.10%	-2.0%
57th	Montenegro	43.90%	2.1%
58th	Pakistan	43.70%	-4.8%
59th	Tajikistan	43.70%	-9.1%
60th	Finland	42.40%	-1.9%
61st	Albania	39.40%	2.3%
62nd	Latvia	38.50%	1.0%
63rd	São Tomé and Principe	38.10%	-2.8%
64th	Samoa	36.80%	-0.8%
65th	Senegal	36.70%	-6.1%
66th	Austria	34.60%	-0.6%
67th	Costa Rica	34.10%	-11.0%
68th	Belize	33.30%	9.9%
69th	Vanuatu	33.10%	-7.0%
70th	India	33.00%	-1.2%
71st	Denmark	32.00%	-1.5%
72nd	Croatia	31.80%	-3.9%
73rd	Mauritania	31.70%	12.0%
74th	Lithuania	31.50%	8.6%
75th	Colombia	30.50%	-1.9%
76th	Bangladesh	30.20%	-8.8%
77th	New Zealand	30.10%	2.7%
78th	Namibia	29.20%	-0.3%
79th	Portugal	29.00%	6.6%
80th	South Sudan	28.70%	4.4%
81st	Philippines	28.60%	-7.1%
82nd	Indonesia	27.80%	4.5%
83rd	Fiji	27.70%	-15.3%
84th	Estonia	27.20%	-3.5%
85th	Georgia	27.20%	-1.1%
86th	Peru	27.20%	-0.7%
87th	Viet Nam	26.80%	-3.6%
88th	Botswana	26.70%	2.3%
89th	Moldova	25.30%	2.4%
90th	Chile	24.60%	-2.0%
91st	Romania	24.40%	3.0%
92nd	Switzerland	24.10%	0.8%
93rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	24.00%	6.2%
94th	Cabo Verde	23.90%	-9.5%
95th	Djibouti	23.60%	-4.8%
96th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23.00%	-8.7%
97th	Thailand	22.40%	-0.9%
98th	Kyrgyz Republic	22.20%	-5.5%
99th	Canada	22.10%	-0.9%
100th	Panama	22.10%	0.5%
101st	North Macedonia	21.40%	-10.5%
102nd	Guyana	21.30%	-14.8%
103rd	Slovenia	21.00%	-1.9%
104th	Serbia	20.90%	-1.4%
105th	El Salvador	20.70%	-1.4%
106th	Afghanistan	20.20%	14.1%
107th	Cuba	19.20%	-9.0%
108th	Andorra	18.90%	-0.5%
109th	Bulgaria	17.70%	-1.1%
110th	European Union	17.52%	-0.5%
111th	Spain	16.70%	2.5%
112th	Greece	16.40%	-6.3%
113th	Italy	16.10%	-3.0%
114th	Dominican Republic	15.30%	2.7%
115th	Hungary	15.30%	-1.9%
116th	Czechia	14.80%	0.0%
117th	Ecuador	14.80%	13.0%
118th	Germany	14.20%	-2.7%
119th	France	14.20%	6.8%
120th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	13.60%	-4.2%
121st	Luxembourg	13.50%	48.4%
122nd	Armenia	13.20%	23.4%
123rd	Türkiye	13.20%	-0.8%
124th	Slovak Republic	13.10%	-2.2%
125th	Timor-Leste	12.70%	-29.4%
126th	China	12.60%	3.3%
127th	Greenland	12.40%	-5.3%
128th	Tunisia	12.40%	-0.8%
129th	West Bank and Gaza	12.30%	11.8%
130th	Marshall Islands	12.10%	3.4%
131st	Poland	11.30%	-5.0%
132nd	St. Lucia	11.20%	-2.6%
133rd	Jamaica	11.10%	-8.3%
134th	Morocco	11.10%	-0.9%
135th	Suriname	11.10%	-4.3%
136th	Dominica	10.70%	23.0%
137th	Grenada	10.40%	-1.0%
138th	Cyprus	10.30%	-1.0%
139th	Mauritius	10.30%	-10.4%
140th	Australia	9.60%	2.1%
141st	Argentina	9.40%	0.0%
142nd	United States	9.30%	4.5%
143rd	Belgium	9.20%	-2.1%
144th	Mexico	9.20%	0.0%
145th	Malta	9.20%	53.3%
146th	Ireland	8.60%	-9.5%
147th	French Polynesia	8.10%	3.8%
148th	South Africa	7.80%	2.6%
149th	United Kingdom	7.70%	0.0%
150th	Tuvalu	7.30%	143.3%
151st	Aruba	7.00%	4.5%
152nd	Belarus	6.70%	-1.5%
153rd	Japan	6.40%	3.2%
154th	Faroe Islands	6.30%	-16.0%
155th	Virgin Islands (US)	5.70%	1.8%
156th	Netherlands	5.60%	-3.4%
157th	Ukraine	5.50%	31.0%
158th	Macao SAR, China	5.40%	0.0%
159th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	5.10%	-3.8%
160th	Equatorial Guinea	4.80%	-12.7%
161st	Jordan	4.70%	46.9%
162nd	Guam	4.40%	91.3%
163rd	Malaysia	4.40%	29.4%
164th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	4.10%	-4.7%
165th	Israel	4.00%	8.1%
166th	Lebanon	4.00%	-4.8%
167th	New Caledonia	3.70%	-27.5%
168th	Mongolia	3.40%	-2.9%
169th	Russian Federation	3.40%	6.2%
170th	Barbados	2.80%	-6.7%
171st	Libya	2.80%	-3.4%
172nd	Korea	2.60%	-3.7%
173rd	Yemen, Republic of	2.60%	30.0%
174th	Kazakhstan	2.10%	23.5%
175th	Tonga	2.00%	5.3%
176th	Azerbaijan	1.90%	-17.4%
177th	Micronesia, Federated States of	1.90%	11.8%
178th	Isle of Man	1.90%	-13.6%
179th	Puerto Rico (US)	1.90%	0.0%
180th	St. Kitts and Nevis	1.70%	6.2%
181st	Uzbekistan	1.60%	-5.9%
182nd	Curaçao	1.40%	7.7%
183rd	Syrian Arab Republic	1.30%	116.7%
184th	Bahamas, The	1.20%	-14.3%
185th	Maldives	1.20%	-20.0%
186th	Seychelles	1.20%	-14.3%
187th	Bermuda	1.10%	83.3%
188th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1.00%	11.1%
189th	British Virgin Islands	1.00%	0.0%
190th	Iraq	0.90%	12.5%
191st	Singapore	0.70%	0.0%
192nd	Palau	0.60%	50.0%
193rd	Antigua and Barbuda	0.40%	0.0%
194th	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.40%	0.0%
195th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.40%	0.0%
196th	American Samoa	0.20%	0.0%
197th	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.20%	0.0%
198th	Nauru	0.20%	100.0%
199th	United Arab Emirates	0.10%	0.0%
200th	Algeria	0.10%	0.0%
201st	Qatar	0.10%	-
202nd	Turkmenistan	0.10%	0.0%
203rd	Bahrain	0.00%	-
204th	Brunei Darussalam	0.00%	-
205th	Cayman Islands	0.00%	-
206th	Gibraltar	0.00%	-
207th	Kuwait	0.00%	-
208th	Northern Mariana Islands	0.00%	-
209th	Oman	0.00%	-
210th	Saudi Arabia	0.00%	-
211th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0.00%	-

FAQ

What was Mauritania's renewable energy in 2016?▾

Mauritania's renewable energy in 2016 was 31.70%. This ranked 73rd globally.

How did Mauritania's renewable energy change in 2016?▾

Mauritania's renewable energy increased by 12.0% in 2016 compared to 2015.

Which country had the highest renewable energy in 2016?▾

Congo, Democratic Republic of had the highest renewable energy in 2016 at 97.00%.

What is the renewable energy of Mauritania in 2016?▾

The renewable energy of Mauritania in 2016 was 31.70%. This ranked 73rd globally.

How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Mauritania's renewable energy?▾

Mauritania's renewable energy went from 28.30% in 2015 to 31.70% in 2016, a 12.0% increase.

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