Health in Mauritania

1,154 indicators covering health for Mauritania.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Deaths from terrorist attacks by method of attack stacked bar 0 2021 β€” 21st
Terrorism deaths rate 0 2021 down 100.0% 59th
Deaths from terrorist attacks by method 0 2021 β€” 21st
Prevalence of HIV, total 0.1% 2024 down 66.7% 108th
Number of people who are undernourished 400,000 2023 up 100.0% 80th
External health expenditure channeled through government 69.6% 2023 down 25.2% 39th
Mortality from ncds sdgs 18.7 2021 up 5.1% 95th
Mortality from ncds gender 16.1 2021 up 5.9% 130th
Healthy life expectancy at birth 60.39 2021 up 0.1% 120th
Death rates from mental and substance disorders by age who 0 2021 β€” 1st
Death rate from cardiomyopathy myocarditis endocarditis who ghe age st 7.73 2021 down 5.9% 64th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 20.9% 2021 up 4.0% 52nd
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 16.1% 2021 up 5.9% 130th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 18.7% 2021 up 5.1% 95th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.5 per 100,000 population 2021 down 5.7% 92nd
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.35 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 5.4% 86th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.65 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 7.1% 92nd
Suicide mortality rate, female 1.72 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 4.9% 145th
Suicide mortality rate, male 3.74 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 1.4% 160th
Suicide mortality rate 2.71 per 100,000 population 2021 up 2.7% 161st
Nurses and midwives 1.61 per 1,000 people 2022 up 94.6% 146th
Share of women among the population living with hiv 56.68 2024 up 12.3% 41st
Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies 1.69 2023 up 10.0% 61st
Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 79.7% 2023 down 2.0% 55th
Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 0.4313 2023 up 21.8% 111th
Diabetes prevalence who gho 9 2014 up 20.0% 78th
Child mortality rate ihme 4.28 2019 down 36.4% 41st
Neonatal mortality ihme 2.39 2019 down 26.7% 27th
Number of neonatal deaths ihme 2,610 2019 down 28.0% 70th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol) 0 2020 β€” 182nd
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol) 0 2020 β€” 182nd
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol) 0 2020 β€” 182nd
Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with hiv 76 2024 up 171.4% 61st
Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 14.23 2022 up 11.3% 182nd
Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 11.61 2022 up 36.6% 105th
Prevalence of diabetes, crude 10.14 2022 up 41.5% 138th
Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 15.64 2022 up 13.5% 182nd
Inequality in life expectancy 0.1935 2023 down 18.4% 50th
Inequality in life expectancy vs health expenditure per capita 0.1935 2023 down 18.4% 50th
Child mortality under five death rate by wealth group 3.75 2024 down 27.8% 47th
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 69.1% 2022 up 17.7% 14th
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 56.8% 2022 down 0.2% 30th
Maternal mortality ratio vs gdp per capita 463.83 2020 down 20.9% 15th
Maternal mortality slope chart 463.83 2020 down 20.9% 16th
The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 463.83 2020 down 20.9% 16th
Number of maternal deaths by region 695.75 2020 down 5.8% 51st
Maternal mortality vs births attended by health staff 463.83 2020 down 20.9% 16th
Maternal mortality vs neonatal mortality 463.83 2020 down 20.9% 16th
Maternal deaths by income group 695.75 2020 down 5.8% 51st
Maternal mortality vs fertility 463.83 2020 down 20.9% 16th
Maternal deaths ihme 695.75 2020 down 5.8% 51st
Maternal mortality ratio vs mean daily income 463.83 2020 down 20.9% 15th
Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and 54.6% 2023 down 14.0% 62nd
Population with primary reliance on fuels and technologies for 1.16 2023 down 3.5% 65th
Hib (Hib3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 86.0% 2025 up 17.8% 118th
Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis third-doseΒ  (DTP3) 86.0% 2025 up 17.8% 120th
Measles-containing-vaccine first-dose (MCV1) immunization coverage 93.0% 2025 up 32.9% 70th
Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 86.0% 2025 up 17.8% 112th
Measles-containing-vaccine second-dose (MCV2) immunization coverage 59.0% 2025 β€” 160th
Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis first-dose (DTP1) 95.0% 2025 up 9.2% 90th