People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q2 in Mauritania
Mauritania: People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q2 was 69.7% in 2017. ▲ Rising
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q2 in Mauritania, 2000–2017
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 69.7% for people practicing open defecation (% of population): q2 in 2017. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people practicing open defecation (% of population): q2 in Mauritania peaked at 69.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 65.7%, in 2000.
Mauritania ranks 6th of 97 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q2 in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 65.7% | — |
| 2001 | 65.7% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 66.0% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 66.2% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 66.5% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 66.7% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 67.0% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 67.2% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 67.5% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 67.7% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 68.0% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 68.2% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 68.5% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 68.7% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 69.0% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 69.2% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 69.5% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 69.7% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 66.6% | 65.7% | 67.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.9% | 68.0% | 69.7% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 3 Benin 81.9% compare
- 4 Niger 80.1% compare
- 5 Togo 79.9% compare
- 7 Burkina Faso 69.0% compare
- 8 Sao Tome and Principe 65.1% compare
- 9 Madagascar 60.0% compare
More health data for Mauritania
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.8878 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 653 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 1,563 deaths (2100)
- Total tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Total tetanus - number of reported cases, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Diphtheria - number of reported cases, gaps filled 1,273 (2025)
- Diphtheria - number of reported cases, per capita 0.0002 units per person (2025)
- Measles - number of reported cases, gaps filled 102 (2025)
- Measles - number of reported cases, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people practicing open defecation (% of population): q2 in Mauritania?
- People practicing open defecation (% of population): q2 in Mauritania was 69.7% in 2017, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).
- What is the highest people practicing open defecation (% of population): q2 recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 69.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest people practicing open defecation (% of population): q2 recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.7% in 2000.
- How does Mauritania rank for people practicing open defecation (% of population): q2?
- Mauritania ranks 6th out of 97 countries with data for 2017.
- Is people practicing open defecation (% of population): q2 rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org), published as part of People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q2. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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