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Mauritania
RegionSub-Saharan Africa
GDP23.17[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita4983.22[$]
Population4.65[millions]
Land Area1046448.68[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 165 28.10 -3.30
Ecosystem Vitality 157 30.20 -1.00
Biodiversity 173 10.70 0.50
Terrestrial biomes (natl) 173 3.60 NA
Terrestrial biomes (global) 173 3.00 NA
Marine protected areas 115 0.10 NA
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 163 6.30 4.80
Biodiversity Habitat Index 21 62.50 NA
Species Protection Index 164 6.60 NA
Species Habitat Index 28 94.50 -4.80
Ecosystem Services 14 81.30 -4.90
Tree cover loss 1 100.00 NA
Grassland loss 150 23.90 -6.80
Wetland loss 137 26.40 -32.80
Fisheries 75 18.20 -3.10
Fish Stock Status 46 34.10 -18.80
Marine Trophic Index 130 3.70 NA
Fish caught by trawling 25 16.60 13.30
Acidification 127 56.10 -6.90
SO2 growth rate 102 66.80 28.90
NOx growth rate 141 45.30 -42.80
Agriculture 123 27.20 7.30
Pesticide 137 14.70 NA
N Mgmt Index 83 39.70 14.50
Water Resources 141 NA NA
Wastewater treatment 141 NA NA
Health 140 24.00 3.00
Air Quality 153 21.10 0.10
PM2.5 150 12.20 -2.70
Household solid fuels 123 19.80 6.10
Ozone 70 50.70 -19.40
NOx 29 50.10 -0.80
SO2 39 70.50 -3.70
CO 34 70.00 -0.40
VOC 94 31.70 -1.90
Sanitation Drinking Water 156 13.60 8.50
Sanitation 157 13.70 8.70
Drinking water 156 13.60 8.50
Heavy Metals 70 55.10 5.30
Lead 70 55.10 5.30
Waste Management 82 35.50 3.30
Solid waste 85 41.60 NA
Recycling 149 10.00 1.30
Ocean Plastics 32 48.70 11.50
Climate Policy 144 27.80 -9.30
Climate Change 144 27.80 -9.30
CO2 growth rate 161 2.40 -12.00
CH4 growth rate 135 26.90 0.70
F-gas growth rate 98 55.30 55.30
N2O growth rate 123 49.90 -4.40
Black Carbon growth rate 141 51.30 -43.50
Proj. GHG Emissions 70 43.20 -6.00
CO2 from land cover 102 39.00 -61.00
GHG intensity trend 135 37.20 -31.50
GHG per capita 68 61.00 -0.20

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

Environmental Protection Index
China 28.4
Morocco 28.4
Nepal 28.3
Nigeria 28.3
Indonesia 28.2
Mauritania 28.1
Chad 28.1
Guatemala 28
Madagascar 28
Iraq 27.8
GDP per capita
Nicaragua 37.7
Honduras 36.5
Kyrgyzstan 35.7
Cote d'Ivoire 32.8
Nigeria 28.3
Mauritania 28.1
Ghana 27.7
Pakistan 24.6
Bangladesh 23.1
Myanmar 19.4
Issue Performance
Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.4
Micronesia 37.4
Turkmenistan 37
Vanuatu 36.9
Kyrgyzstan 35.7
Cote d'Ivoire 32.8
Eritrea 31.7
Mauritania 28.1
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Pakistan 24.6
Government Effectiveness
Belarus 48.5
Eswatini 44.9
Malawi 40.6
Zambia 38.4
Timor-Leste 35.1
Tanzania 34.2
Mozambique 31.7
Laos 30.7
Mauritania 28.1
Bangladesh 23.1
Regulatory Quality
Gabon 49.7
Djibouti 47.5
Suriname 45.9
Timor-Leste 35.1
Solomon Islands 35
Sierra Leone 32.7
Guinea 31.6
Laos 30.7
Cameroon 30.2
Mauritania 28.1
Voice and Accountability
Jordan 43.6
Comoros 42.5
Thailand 38.1
Guinea 31.6
Angola 30.5
Mauritania 28.1
Turkey 26.3
Haiti 26.1
Pakistan 24.6
Bangladesh 23.1
Rule of Law
Ecuador 46.5
Eswatini 44.9
Zambia 38.4
Niger 37.7
Tanzania 34.2
Cote d'Ivoire 32.8
Kenya 30.8
Philippines 28.9
Mauritania 28.1
Bangladesh 23.1
Control of Corruption
Ukraine 49.6
Mexico 45.5
Bolivia 40.1
Honduras 36.5
Egypt 35.5
Kenya 30.8
Mali 28.5
Mauritania 28.1
Liberia 24.9
Pakistan 24.6
Political Stability / Absence of Violence
Belarus 48.5
Israel 48.2
Colombia 42.4
Azerbaijan 38.6
Saudi Arabia 37.9
Russia 37.5
Uganda 35.8
Philippines 28.9
Mauritania 28.1
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Sub-Saharan Africa
Angola 30.5
Burundi 30.5
Cameroon 30.2
Benin 29.6
Mali 28.5
Nigeria 28.3
Mauritania 28.1
Chad 28.1
Madagascar 28
Ghana 27.7
Least Developed Countries
Angola 30.5
Cambodia 30.1
Benin 29.6
Mali 28.5
Nepal 28.3
Mauritania 28.1
Chad 28.1
Madagascar 28
Sudan 27.6
Haiti 26.1
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