Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Mauritania
Mauritania: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 0.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Mauritania, 2000–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Mauritania stood at 0.6%.
The figure is down 22.2% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Mauritania peaked at 1.2% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2016.
Mauritania ranks 46th of 148 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 12.6% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.603 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 24.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1407 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1407 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1559 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.35 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Mauritania?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Mauritania was 0.6% in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 2003.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2016.
- How does Mauritania rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- Mauritania ranks 46th out of 148 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI)