Income inequality: Atkinson index in Mauritania
Mauritania: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.35 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Mauritania, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: atkinson index in Mauritania is 0.35, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Mauritania peaked at 0.3845 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.35, in 2014.
That places Mauritania 58th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.3845 | — |
| 2011 | 0.3845 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3845 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3845 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.35 | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.35 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3514, 100% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.35 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4345, 81% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3638 | 0.35 | 0.3845 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 4 |
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: atkinson index in Mauritania?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Mauritania was 0.35 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3845 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.35 in 2014.
- How does Mauritania rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Mauritania ranks 58th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.