Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Mauritania

Access to basic sanitation in Mauritania in 2024 — 58.7%. Ranked 153 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 40.5 pp.

2024 58.7% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank 153of 193
Period maximum 58.7%2024
Period minimum 18.2%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Mauritania, 2000–202402040602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 18.2%2001: 19.3%2002: 20.6%2003: 21.9%2004: 23.1%2005: 24.4%2006: 26%2007: 27.6%2008: 29.2%2009: 30.9%2010: 32.6%2011: 34.4%2012: 36.2%2013: 38%2014: 39.9%2015: 41.8%2016: 43.7%2017: 45.7%2018: 47.7%2019: 49.7%2020: 51.8%2021: 53.9%2022: 56.1%2023: 58.3%2024: 58.7%
Change over the period: +40.5 pp Annual average: 1.69 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritania 58.7%
World 82.2%
Western Africa computed 41.6%
Access to basic sanitation — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 58.7 +0.4 pp
2023 58.3 +2.2 pp
2022 56.1 +2.1 pp
2021 53.9 +2.1 pp
2020 51.8 +2.1 pp
2019 49.7 +2 pp
2018 47.7 +2 pp
2017 45.7 +2 pp
2016 43.7 +1.9 pp
2015 41.8 +1.9 pp
2014 39.9 +1.9 pp
2013 38 +1.8 pp
2012 36.2 +1.8 pp
2011 34.4 +1.8 pp
2010 32.6 +1.7 pp
2009 30.9 +1.7 pp
2008 29.2 +1.6 pp
2007 27.6 +1.6 pp
2006 26 +1.6 pp
2005 24.4 +1.3 pp
2004 23.1 +1.3 pp
2003 21.9 +1.3 pp
2002 20.6 +1.3 pp
2001 19.3 +1.2 pp
2000 18.2

About the indicator

The share of the population using improved sanitation facilities not shared with other households: sewerage, septic tanks, improved pit latrines. Alongside access to clean water this is the basic condition for reducing child mortality from intestinal infections.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.