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

90.41percent · 2024+12.8% 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
202490.412
202390.202
202289.069
202187.94
202086.816
201985.696
201884.58
201783.468
201682.361
201581.258
201480.159
201379.065
201277.975
201176.889
201075.807
200974.73
200873.657
200772.589
200671.525
200570.465
200469.409
200368.358
200267.311
200166.268
200066.106

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People using at least basic drinking water services, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-at-least-basic-drinking-water-services-zs (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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