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Mauritania: People using at least basic drinking water services, rural

58.81percent · 2024+32.5% since 2014

The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water. Annual figures for Mauritania from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202458.812
202357.613
202256.088
202154.577
202053.08
201951.597
201850.128
201748.672
201647.231
201545.803
201444.389
201342.989
201241.603
201140.23
201038.872
200937.527
200836.196
200734.879
200633.576
200532.287
200431.011
200329.749
200228.502
200127.268
200026.221

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). People using at least basic drinking water services, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-at-least-basic-drinking-water-services (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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