Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ in Mauritania
Mauritania: Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ was 40.32 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ in Mauritania, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 40.32 for out-of-pocket expenditure (oop) per capita in us$ in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and up 44.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-pocket expenditure (oop) per capita in us$ in Mauritania peaked at 40.32 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 17.9, in 2000.
Mauritania ranks 135th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17.9 | — |
| 2001 | 17.96 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 18.18 | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 20.19 | +11.1% |
| 2004 | 22.18 | +9.9% |
| 2005 | 22.83 | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 23.96 | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 26.39 | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 30.04 | +13.8% |
| 2009 | 28.02 | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 27.41 | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 27.89 | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 27.3 | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 27.85 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 28.28 | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 27.27 | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 27.82 | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 29.86 | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 32.27 | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 32.94 | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 33.16 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 35.48 | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 38.19 | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 40.32 | +5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.76 | 17.9 | 30.04 | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.89 | 27.27 | 32.94 | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.79 | 33.16 | 40.32 | 4 |
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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 out-of-pocket expenditure (oop) per capita in us$ in Mauritania?
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (oop) per capita in us$ in Mauritania was 40.32 in 2023, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest out-of-pocket expenditure (oop) per capita in us$ recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 40.32 in 2023.
- What is the lowest out-of-pocket expenditure (oop) per capita in us$ recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.9 in 2000.
- How does Mauritania rank for out-of-pocket expenditure (oop) per capita in us$?
- Mauritania ranks 135th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is out-of-pocket expenditure (oop) per capita in us$ rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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