Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Mauritania

Human development index in Mauritania in 2023 — 0.563 index. Ranked 163 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 42.2%.

2023 0.563 index +0.18% vs 2022
World rank 163of 193
Period maximum 0.566 index2019
Period minimum 0.396 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Mauritania, 1990–20230.350.40.450.50.550.61990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.396 index1991: 0.401 index1992: 0.409 index1993: 0.421 index1994: 0.432 index1995: 0.439 index1996: 0.448 index1997: 0.45 index1998: 0.46 index1999: 0.467 index2000: 0.468 index2001: 0.47 index2002: 0.475 index2003: 0.482 index2004: 0.494 index2005: 0.5 index2006: 0.512 index2007: 0.512 index2008: 0.512 index2009: 0.522 index2010: 0.525 index2011: 0.53 index2012: 0.538 index2013: 0.544 index2014: 0.547 index2015: 0.551 index2016: 0.548 index2017: 0.551 index2018: 0.561 index2019: 0.566 index2020: 0.554 index2021: 0.553 index2022: 0.562 index2023: 0.563 index
Change over the period: +0.167 (+42.17%) Average annual rate: 1.07 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mauritania

Mauritania 0.563 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Western Africa computed 0.539 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.563 +0.001 +0.18%
2022 0.562 +0.009 +1.63%
2021 0.553 −0.001 −0.18%
2020 0.554 −0.012 −2.12%
2019 0.566 +0.005 +0.89%
2018 0.561 +0.01 +1.81%
2017 0.551 +0.003 +0.55%
2016 0.548 −0.003 −0.54%
2015 0.551 +0.004 +0.73%
2014 0.547 +0.003 +0.55%
2013 0.544 +0.006 +1.12%
2012 0.538 +0.008 +1.51%
2011 0.53 +0.005 +0.95%
2010 0.525 +0.003 +0.57%
2009 0.522 +0.01 +1.95%
2008 0.512 +0 +0%
2007 0.512 +0 +0%
2006 0.512 +0.012 +2.4%
2005 0.5 +0.006 +1.21%
2004 0.494 +0.012 +2.49%
2003 0.482 +0.007 +1.47%
2002 0.475 +0.005 +1.06%
2001 0.47 +0.002 +0.43%
2000 0.468 +0.001 +0.21%
1999 0.467 +0.007 +1.52%
1998 0.46 +0.01 +2.22%
1997 0.45 +0.002 +0.45%
1996 0.448 +0.009 +2.05%
1995 0.439 +0.007 +1.62%
1994 0.432 +0.011 +2.61%
1993 0.421 +0.012 +2.93%
1992 0.409 +0.008 +2%
1991 0.401 +0.005 +1.26%
1990 0.396

About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.