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Mauritania: People using at least basic drinking water services

77.28percent · 2024+24.0% 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
202477.285
202376.417
202274.862
202173.305
202071.745
201970.183
201868.619
201767.053
201665.485
201563.916
201462.347
201360.776
201259.207
201157.641
201056.079
200954.524
200852.974
200751.43
200649.893
200548.364
200446.842
200345.328
200243.823
200142.328
200041.413

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). People using at least basic drinking water services. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-at-least-basic-drinking-water-services-sh-h2o-basw-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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