Maldives vs Mauritania: Annual percentage change in primary energy use
Maldives
2.7%
in 2024
Mauritania
2.8%
in 2024
Maldives rank
77th
Mauritania rank
76th
Annual percentage change in primary energy use over time
- Maldives
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 2.8% against 2.7% in Maldives, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 25 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 77th and Mauritania ranks 76th of 216 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 3 and Mauritania in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 37.6% | 9.4% | 28.2% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 17.7% | 22.6% | 4.9% | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 16.8% | -0.5% | 17.3% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 4.9% | 8.7% | 3.8% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 5.6% | 2.0% | 3.6% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in primary energy use, Maldives or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 2.8% against 2.7% in Maldives as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in primary energy use between Maldives and Mauritania?
- 0.1%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Mauritania?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do Maldives and Mauritania rank globally for annual percentage change in primary energy use?
- Maldives ranks 77th and Mauritania ranks 76th of 216 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 percentage 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
Percentage change in total energy supply relative to the previous year.