Poverty & Inequality in Mauritania 91 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Mauritania. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 down 50.0% 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 62.7% 79th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 73.5% 54th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.7 live births per woman 2023 down 11.7% 11th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,537 kg per hectare 2024 down 8.4% 143rd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 44.3% 44th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -15.39 % change on previous year 2024 down 138.2% 166th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 12.58 2023 up 34.1% 138th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 12.6% 2023 up 34.1% 138th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 9.3% 53rd Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -6.89 % change on previous year 2023 down 233.7% 162nd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.603 2023 down 4.7% 11th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 24.7% 2023 up 65.5% 44th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1407 2023 down 11.7% 57th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1407 2023 down 11.7% 57th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1559 2023 down 12.4% 66th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 10.2% 2019 down 46.9% 29th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 2.5% 2019 down 51.9% 33rd Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 26.0% 2019 down 29.3% 28th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 71.2% 2019 down 3.9% 28th Prosperity gap 5.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2019 down 16.7% 32nd Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.35 2023 down 9.0% 58th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 6.8% 2019 down 42.4% 32nd Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 27.6% 2019 down 18.8% 35th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 28.7% 2019 down 16.6% 28th Population living in slums 58.6% 2022 down 9.1% 20th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.374 2023 up 5.4% 134th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.374 2023 up 5.4% 134th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.374 2023 up 5.4% 134th Proportion of population below international poverty line 10.2% 2019 down 46.9% 32nd Three metrics of inequality 51.64 2019 down 4.5% 71st Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5164 2019 down 4.5% 71st Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 40.32 2023 up 44.8% 135th Income share held by second 20% 12.5% 2019 up 10.6% 46th Income share held by third 20% 16.8% 2019 up 3.1% 44th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.9% 2019 down 1.7% 20th Income share held by highest 20% 40.0% 2019 down 5.7% 81st Income share held by highest 10% 24.6% 2019 down 6.1% 88th Income share held by lowest 10% 3.1% 2019 up 19.2% 39th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.8% 2019 up 16.4% 41st Gini index 32 2019 down 10.4% 84th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 10.6% 2019 down 28.9% 75th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 123.29 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2019 down 32.8% 54th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 2.5% 2019 down 52.7% 31st Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.698 2024 up 26.9% 44th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.482 2019 down 5.8% 66th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.482 2019 down 5.8% 66th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.7% 2024 up 27.3% 42nd Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 3,431 2017 up 44.7% 125th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 39.9% 2019 down 3.8% 72nd Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 10.0% 2019 down 2.9% 93rd Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 10.2% 2019 down 46.9% 30th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.32 2019 down 10.3% 80th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 464,788 people 2019 down 24.6% 53rd Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 10.2% 2019 down 46.9% 30th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 10.2% 2019 down 46.9% 30th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 10.2% 2019 down 46.9% 30th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 889,247 people 2019 up 59.1% 106th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 10.2% 2019 down 46.9% 30th Page 1 of 2 Next →