Mauritania: Poverty ratio

The latest value from 2019 is 31.8 percent, a decline from 34.3 percent in 2014. In comparison, the world average is 20.68 percent, based on data from 72 countries. Historically, the average for Mauritania from 1990 to 2019 is 44.69 percent. The minimum value, 31.8 percent, was reached in 2019 while the maximum of 56.5 percent was recorded in 1990. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.