Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Mauritania
Mauritania: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 77 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Mauritania, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 77 % for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Mauritania peaked at 77 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 41 %, in 2000.
That places Mauritania 168th out of 201 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 47.5 % | 41 % | 54 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.2 % | 56 % | 70 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.6 % | 72 % | 77 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 166 Lesotho 78 % compare
- 166 Sao Tome and Principe 78 % compare
- 168 Côte d'Ivoire 77 % compare
- 170 Somalia 75 % compare
- 170 Yemen 75 % compare
More environment data for Mauritania
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 9.78 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 45.01 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 38.08 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 98.84 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 39,250 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.03 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 10 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 1.13 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 450 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.09 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Mauritania?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Mauritania was 77 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 77 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 41 % in 2000.
- How does Mauritania rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Mauritania ranks 168th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.