Extreme poverty rate in Mauritania
10.2% of people in Mauritania lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2019. The value for 2019 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1987.
The latest value for Mauritania is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Mauritania, 2019
10.2%
Change from 2014
−1.5percentage points
World, 2024
10.1%
Extreme poverty rate in Mauritania over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Mauritania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | – | 10.9% |
| 2021 | – | 11.3% |
| 2020 | – | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 10.2% | – |
| 2018 | – | 11.1% |
| 2017 | – | 11.8% |
| 2016 | – | 12.6% |
| 2015 | – | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 11.7% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | – | 15.5% |
| 2012 | – | 17.8% |
| 2011 | – | 19.1% |
| 2010 | – | 21.0% |
| 2009 | – | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 19.2% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | – | 27.0% |
| 2005 | – | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 28.5% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | – | 32.2% |
| 2002 | – | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 11.7% in 2014, a change of −1.5 percentage points.
- Since 1987, when it was 50.8%, the figure has changed by −40.6 percentage points.
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Prevalence of undernourishment
11.0%
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Gini index
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Income share held by the richest 10%
24.6%
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Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
26.0%
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Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
71.2%
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