Mauritania Poverty Rate 1987-2024
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Mauritania poverty rate for 2019 was 68.00%, a 1.2% increase from 2014.
- Mauritania poverty rate for 2014 was 66.80%, a 4.8% decline from 2008.
- Mauritania poverty rate for 2008 was 71.60%, a 11.1% decline from 2004.
- Mauritania poverty rate for 2004 was 82.70%, a 1.8% increase from 2000.
| Mauritania Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
68.00% |
1.20% |
| 2014 |
66.80% |
-4.80% |
| 2008 |
71.60% |
-11.10% |
| 2004 |
82.70% |
1.80% |
| 2000 |
80.90% |
-3.10% |
| 1995 |
84.00% |
-6.40% |
| 1993 |
90.40% |
0.60% |
| 1987 |
89.80% |
0.60% |
