Mauritania vs Uganda: Annual change in primary energy use
Mauritania
0.5335 terawatt-hours
in 2024
Uganda
0.6889 terawatt-hours
in 2024
Mauritania rank
91st
Uganda rank
88th
Annual change in primary energy use over time
- Mauritania
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 0.6889 terawatt-hours against 0.5335 terawatt-hours in Mauritania, a difference of 0.1554 terawatt-hours.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.3 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 23 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 91st and Uganda ranks 88th of 218 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Uganda in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.1973 terawatt-hours | 0.0472 terawatt-hours | 0.1502 terawatt-hours | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 0.9776 terawatt-hours | 0.2211 terawatt-hours | 0.7566 terawatt-hours | Mauritania |
| 2000s | -0.5429 terawatt-hours | 0.8622 terawatt-hours | 1.41 terawatt-hours | Uganda |
| 2010s | 0.93 terawatt-hours | 1.39 terawatt-hours | 0.4581 terawatt-hours | Uganda |
| 2020s | 0.3302 terawatt-hours | 0.6674 terawatt-hours | 0.3372 terawatt-hours | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in primary energy use, Mauritania or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 0.6889 terawatt-hours against 0.5335 terawatt-hours in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual change in primary energy use between Mauritania and Uganda?
- 0.1554 terawatt-hours, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Uganda?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Uganda rank globally for annual change in primary energy use?
- Mauritania ranks 91st and Uganda ranks 88th 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.