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Mauritania: People using at least basic sanitation services, rural

26.63percent · 2024+43.4% since 2014

The percentage of people using at least basic sanitation services, that is, improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households. This indicator encompasses both people using basic sanitation services as well as those using safely managed sanitation services. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines; ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs. Annual figures for Mauritania from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202426.63
202326.63
202225.724
202124.82
202023.919
201923.021
201822.125
201721.233
201620.343
201519.457
201418.573
201317.692
201216.813
201115.938
201015.065
200914.196
200813.329
200712.465
200611.603
200510.745
20049.906
20039.067
20028.229
20017.39
20006.551

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 sanitation services, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-at-least-basic-sanitation-services-rural (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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