Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Mauritania
Mauritania: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.482 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Mauritania, 1987–2019
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mauritania is 0.482, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mauritania peaked at 0.6609 in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.4773, in 2014.
Mauritania ranks 66th of 109 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 0.5637 | — |
| 1993 | 0.6609 | +17.2% |
| 1995 | 0.5287 | -20.0% |
| 2000 | 0.547 | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 0.5788 | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 0.5115 | -11.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4773 | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 0.482 | +1.0% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.482 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5666, 85% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.482 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5654, 85% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5637 | 0.5637 | 0.5637 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.5948 | 0.5287 | 0.6609 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5458 | 0.5115 | 0.5788 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.4797 | 0.4773 | 0.482 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More poverty & inequality data for Mauritania
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.7 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,537 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -15.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 12.58 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 12.6% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mauritania?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mauritania was 0.482 in 2019, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6609 in 1993.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4773 in 2014.
- How does Mauritania rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Mauritania ranks 66th out of 109 countries with data for 2019.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.