Malawi vs Mauritania: Annual change in primary energy use
Malawi
0.5793 terawatt-hours
in 2024
Mauritania
0.5335 terawatt-hours
in 2024
Malawi rank
89th
Mauritania rank
91st
Annual change in primary energy use over time
- Malawi
- Mauritania
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.5793 terawatt-hours against 0.5335 terawatt-hours in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0458 terawatt-hours.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 26 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 89th and Mauritania ranks 91st of 218 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 1 and Mauritania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0303 terawatt-hours | 0.1973 terawatt-hours | 0.167 terawatt-hours | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 0.1359 terawatt-hours | 0.9776 terawatt-hours | 0.8417 terawatt-hours | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 0.0748 terawatt-hours | -0.5429 terawatt-hours | 0.6176 terawatt-hours | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.2857 terawatt-hours | 0.93 terawatt-hours | 0.6443 terawatt-hours | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 0.1313 terawatt-hours | 0.3302 terawatt-hours | 0.1989 terawatt-hours | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in primary energy use, Malawi or Mauritania?
- Malawi, at 0.5793 terawatt-hours against 0.5335 terawatt-hours in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual change in primary energy use between Malawi and Mauritania?
- 0.0458 terawatt-hours, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Mauritania?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Mauritania rank globally for annual change in primary energy use?
- Malawi ranks 89th and Mauritania ranks 91st of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in primary energy use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.