Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Mauritania
Mauritania: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.32 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Mauritania, 1987–2019
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.32 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is down 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Mauritania peaked at 0.4952 in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.32, in 2019.
Mauritania ranks 80th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 0.4394 | — |
| 1993 | 0.4952 | +12.7% |
| 1995 | 0.3775 | -23.8% |
| 2000 | 0.3903 | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.4017 | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3569 | -11.2% |
| 2014 | 0.3262 | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 0.32 | -1.9% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.32 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3528, 91% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.32 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3766, 85% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4394 | 0.4394 | 0.4394 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.4364 | 0.3775 | 0.4952 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3829 | 0.3569 | 0.4017 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.3231 | 0.32 | 0.3262 | 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 vs. gdp per capita in Mauritania?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Mauritania was 0.32 in 2019, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4952 in 1993.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.32 in 2019.
- How does Mauritania rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 80th out of 120 countries with data for 2019.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. 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.