People using at least basic drinking water services in Mauritania
Mauritania: People using at least basic drinking water services was 77.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using at least basic drinking water services in Mauritania, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people using at least basic drinking water services in Mauritania is 77.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using at least basic drinking water services in Mauritania peaked at 77.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 41.4%, in 2000.
Mauritania ranks 180th of 214 countries on this measure, 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 | 47.7% | 41.4% | 54.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.1% | 56.1% | 70.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.7% | 71.7% | 77.3% | 5 |
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More health data for Mauritania
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 74,246 (2025)
- Population, male 49.1% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 75,672 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 77,474 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 74,139 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 75,876 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 2.25 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 43.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 72,564 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 69,336 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using at least basic drinking water services in Mauritania?
- People using at least basic drinking water services in Mauritania was 77.3% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 77.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.4% in 2000.
- How does Mauritania rank for people using at least basic drinking water services?
- Mauritania ranks 180th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water.