Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Mauritania
Mauritania: Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status was 83 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Mauritania, 2015–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Mauritania is 83, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 93.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Mauritania peaked at 83 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 43, in 2015.
Mauritania ranks 79th of 127 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 43 | — |
| 2016 | 46 | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 53 | +15.2% |
| 2018 | 55 | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 58 | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 61 | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 65 | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 67 | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 74 | +10.4% |
| 2024 | 79 | +6.8% |
| 2025 | 83 | +5.1% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 83 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 84, 99% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 83 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 84, 99% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 51 | 43 | 58 | 5 |
| 2020s | 71.5 | 61 | 83 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 79 Trinidad and Tobago 83 compare
- 79 Tajikistan 83 compare
- 79 Bulgaria 83 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 percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Mauritania?
- Percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Mauritania was 83 in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 83 in 2025.
- What is the lowest percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 43 in 2015.
- How does Mauritania rank for percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status?
- Mauritania ranks 79th out of 127 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 93.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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