People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Mauritania
Mauritania: People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water was 17.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Mauritania, 2009–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 17.0% for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 56.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Mauritania peaked at 41.2% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 17.0%, in 2023.
That places Mauritania 91st out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 41.2% | — |
| 2010 | 41.2% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 41.2% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 41.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 41.2% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 38.8% | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 36.3% | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 33.9% | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 31.5% | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 29.1% | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 26.7% | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 24.2% | -9.1% |
| 2021 | 21.8% | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 19.4% | -11.1% |
| 2023 | 17.0% | -12.5% |
| 2024 | 17.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.2% | 41.2% | 41.2% | 1 |
| 2010s | 36.1% | 26.7% | 41.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.9% | 17.0% | 24.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 88 Angola 19.1% compare
- 89 South Sudan 18.4% compare
- 90 Lesotho 17.7% compare
- 92 Sierra Leone 16.7% compare
- 93 Rwanda 16.0% compare
- 94 Guinea-Bissau 15.7% 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)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.077 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Mauritania?
- People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water in Mauritania was 17.0% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 41.2% in 2009.
- What is the lowest people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.0% in 2023.
- How does Mauritania rank for people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water?
- Mauritania ranks 91st out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, rural (% of rural population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of people living in households that have a handwashing facility with soap and water available on the premises. Handwashing facilities may be fixed or mobile and include a sink with tap water, buckets with taps, tippy-taps, and jugs or basins designated for handwashing. Soap includes bar soap, liquid soap, powder detergent, and soapy water but does not include ash, soil, sand or other handwashing agents.