Climate | We have desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty |
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Revenue from forest resources | 1.3% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 454,000 tons (2009 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 11.4 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | Senegal river mouth (shared with Guinea [s], Senegal and Mali) - 1,641 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 100 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Industrial | 30 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Agricultural | 1.2 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Air pollutants | |
Particulate matter emissions | 41.98 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
Carbon dioxide emissions | 2.74 megatons (2016 est.) |
Methane emissions | 6.16 megatons (2020 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 38.5% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 0.4% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 38.1% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 0.2% (2018 est.) |
Other | 61.3% (2018 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 57.7% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 3.84% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.492 million NOUAKCHOTT (capital) (2023). |
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