Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Mauritania

31.8% of people in Mauritania lived below the national poverty line in 2019.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 2014 to 2019 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Mauritania is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Mauritania, 2019 31.8% % of population
Change from 2014 −2.5percentage points 2014: 34.3%

Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Mauritania over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at national poverty lines (% of population), 2014 to 2019
Period Mauritania
2019 31.8%
2014 34.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 34.3% in 2014, a change of −2.5 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2014 to 2019 for Mauritania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources