Mauritania Poverty Rate 1987-2023
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 2014 was 66.80%, a 4.8% decline from 2008.
- Mauritania poverty rate for 2008 was 71.60%, a 11% decline from 2004.
- Mauritania poverty rate for 2004 was 82.60%, a 1.7% increase from 2000.
- Mauritania poverty rate for 2000 was 80.90%, a 3.1% decline from 1995.
| Mauritania Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2014 |
66.80% |
-4.80% |
| 2008 |
71.60% |
-11.00% |
| 2004 |
82.60% |
1.70% |
| 2000 |
80.90% |
-3.10% |
| 1995 |
84.00% |
-7.20% |
| 1993 |
91.20% |
1.40% |
| 1987 |
89.80% |
1.40% |
