Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Mauritania
Mauritania: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 17.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Mauritania, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 17.6 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.
Mauritania ranks 74th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 21.2 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 20.9 DB16-20 methodology | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 21.3 DB16-20 methodology | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 19.5 DB16-20 methodology | -8.5% |
| 2018 | 17.7 DB16-20 methodology | -9.2% |
| 2019 | 17.6 DB16-20 methodology | -0.6% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 17.6 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17.5 DB16-20 methodology, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 17.6 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 17.2 DB16-20 methodology, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Mauritania
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)
- Commercial service imports 989.30 million current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 25.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 4.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 123.61 million current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 848.53 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Mauritania?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Mauritania was 17.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 21.3 DB16-20 methodology in 2016.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- How does Mauritania rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Mauritania ranks 74th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) (DB16-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The price of electricity is measured in U.S. cents per kWh. A monthly electricity consumption is assumed, for which a bill is then computed for a warehouse based in the largest business city of the economy for the month of March. The bill is then expressed back as a unit of kWh. The index is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.