Lower middle income vs Mauritania: People practicing open defecation, rural
Lower middle income
11.1%
in 2024
Mauritania
36.3%
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
14th
Mauritania rank
17th
People practicing open defecation, rural over time
- Lower middle income
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 36.3% against 11.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 25.2%.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 3.3 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, Mauritania has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 14th and Mauritania ranks 17th of 47 groups.
Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 55.6% | 73.9% | 18.4% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 32.7% | 54.6% | 22.0% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 15.7% | 40.2% | 24.5% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher people practicing open defecation, rural, Lower middle income or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 36.3% against 11.1% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in people practicing open defecation, rural between Lower middle income and Mauritania?
- 25.2%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Mauritania?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Lower middle income and Mauritania rank globally for people practicing open defecation, rural?
- Lower middle income ranks 14th and Mauritania ranks 17th of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
People practicing open defecation refers to the percentage of the population defecating in the open, such as in fields, forest, bushes, open bodies of water, on beaches, in other open spaces or disposed of with solid waste.