Renewable energy share in Mauritania

Renewable sources provided 19.6% of final energy consumption in Mauritania in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Renewable energy consumption share (World Bank) Unit: % of total final energy consumption Data: 1990 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Mauritania, 2022 19.6% % of total final energy consumption
Change from 2021 −2.5percentage points 2021: 22.1%
World, 2020 19.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Mauritania (2022).

Renewable energy share in Mauritania over time

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% of total final energy consumption. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Renewable energy consumption share (World Bank) (% of total final energy consumption), 1998 to 2022
Period MauritaniaWorld
2022 19.6% –
2021 22.1% –
2020 20.9% 19.7%
2019 21.2% 18.6%
2018 21.6% 18.1%
2017 25.5% 17.9%
2016 31.7% 17.6%
2015 28.3% 17.4%
2014 31.0% 17.3%
2013 35.1% 17.2%
2012 31.9% 16.9%
2011 33.3% 16.7%
2010 34.0% 16.7%
2009 33.4% 17.1%
2008 35.8% 16.7%
2007 35.6% 16.5%
2006 39.1% 16.7%
2005 38.8% 16.6%
2004 38.6% 16.8%
2003 40.2% 17.1%
2002 42.1% 17.2%
2001 44.2% 17.2%
2000 44.4% 17.5%
1999 43.9% 17.9%
1998 46.0% 17.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.5 percentage points from 22.1% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 31.9%, the figure has changed by −12.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Energy Agency and IRENA via Tracking SDG 7
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2022 for Mauritania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Energy Agency and IRENA via Tracking SDG 7