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Mauritania: People using at least basic sanitation services, urban

81.45percent · 2024+33.5% 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
202481.45
202381.45
202279.045
202176.673
202074.335
201972.029
201869.757
201767.518
201665.313
201563.14
201461.001
201358.895
201256.823
201154.783
201052.777
200950.804
200848.864
200746.958
200645.085
200543.245
200441.998
200340.751
200239.504
200138.257
200037.01

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

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