With a power score of 1.66, Mauritania ranks number 78 among Emerging markets and number 27 in Africa.
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Go to the full profileMauritania has a power score of 1.66, which puts it at rank 78 in the Emerging Markets power ranking. The power score of Mauritania is lower than the average of 1.91 in Africa.
In the chart above all geographies within the region are arranged by power score from left to right. The circles are sized based on the population.
Mauritania implements policies in 4/8 categories tracked by Climatescope; Renewable energy target, Support for customer-sited generation (rooftop and self-consumption), REC'S - Renewable Energy Certificates, and Priority generation dispatch
The average electricity price in Mauritania has decreased from ~$17/MWh in 2023 to ~$15/MWh in 2024. Since 2019, the average electricity price in Mauritania has fluctuated between ~$13/MWh in 2019 and ~$17/MWh in 2020.
The top amount of capacity installed in Mauritania in 2024 was in Oil and diesel at 473MW. Oil and diesel was also the technology with the biggest increase in capacity installed in 2024.
The technology with the largest share of electricity generated in Mauritania in 2024 was Oil and diesel at 1,085GWh, up from 956GWh in 2023. Oil and diesel was also the technology with the biggest increase in electricity generated in 2024.
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