Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Mauritania
Mauritania: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 51.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Mauritania, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 51.5% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.5% on the previous year and up 1,169.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Mauritania peaked at 51.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4.1%, in 2009.
That places Mauritania 176th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4.1% | — |
| 2010 | 7.8% | +92.8% |
| 2011 | 25.1% | +221.0% |
| 2012 | 30.5% | +21.5% |
| 2013 | 33.4% | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 29.5% | -11.5% |
| 2015 | 41.7% | +41.1% |
| 2016 | 41.5% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 42.9% | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 47.5% | +10.7% |
| 2019 | 51.5% | +8.5% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 51.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.1%, 58% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 51.5% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 74.3%, 69% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 1 |
| 2010s | 35.1% | 7.8% | 51.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 173 Mozambique 62.9% compare
- 174 Sudan 61.1% compare
- 175 Guinea 60.1% compare
- 177 Madagascar 46.5% compare
- 178 Niger 42.4% compare
- 179 Sierra Leone 37.6% compare
More private sector data for Mauritania
- Merchandise trade 87.3% (2025)
- Food imports 23.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 40.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 25.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 4.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 848.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3861 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Mauritania?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Mauritania was 51.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 51.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.1% in 2009.
- How does Mauritania rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Mauritania ranks 176th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,169.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.