Income share held by second 20% in Mauritania
Mauritania: Income share held by second 20% was 12.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Income share held by second 20% in Mauritania, 1987–2019
Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
Analysis
In 2019, income share held by second 20% in Mauritania stood at 12.5%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share held by second 20% in Mauritania peaked at 12.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 8.7%, in 1993.
Mauritania ranks 46th of 121 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9.5% | 9.5% | 9.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 9.9% | 8.7% | 11.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.9% | 10.6% | 11.3% | 3 |
| 2010s | 12.4% | 12.4% | 12.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More poverty & inequality data for Mauritania
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 1 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 4.7 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,537 (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 12.58 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.603 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 24.75 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.1407 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.1407 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1559 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.35 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income share held by second 20% in Mauritania?
- Income share held by second 20% in Mauritania was 12.5% in 2019, according to World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
- What is the highest income share held by second 20% recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 12.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest income share held by second 20% recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.7% in 1993.
- How does Mauritania rank for income share held by second 20%?
- Mauritania ranks 46th out of 121 countries with data for 2019.
- Is income share held by second 20% rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ, published as part of Income share held by second 20%. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.