Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Mauritania
Mauritania: Poverty share on less than 30 per day was 99.44 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Latest (2019)
99.44
World rank
23rd
of 120 countries
All-time high
99.88
in 1987
All-time low
98.98
in 2004
Years of data
8
1987–2019
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Mauritania, 1987–2019
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 99.44 for poverty share on less than 30 per day in 2019.
That represents a change of down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Mauritania peaked at 99.88 in 1987 and was at its lowest, 98.98, in 2004.
That places Mauritania 23rd out of 120 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 99.88 | 99.88 | 99.88 | 1 |
| 1990s | 99.31 | 99.07 | 99.55 | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.43 | 98.98 | 99.67 | 3 |
| 2010s | 99.4 | 99.36 | 99.44 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 20 Pakistan 99.51 compare
- 21 Ghana 99.46 compare
- 22 Cote d'Ivoire 99.44 compare
- 24 Kyrgyzstan 99.43 compare
- 25 Bangladesh 99.15 compare
- 26 Senegal 99.13 compare
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 poverty share on less than 30 per day in Mauritania?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Mauritania was 99.44 in 2019, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 99.88 in 1987.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.98 in 2004.
- How does Mauritania rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day?
- Mauritania ranks 23rd out of 120 countries with data for 2019.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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