Mauritania, year by year

Every index this site holds for Mauritania, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.396 in 1990 to 0.563 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 68.7 years2024at birthUp 4.8 years from 63.9 years in 2005
Internet users: 46%2024of people onlineUp 45 points from 1% in 2006
Urban population: 61%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 20 points from 41% in 2006
Births per woman: 4.632024births per womanDown 0.75 from 5.38 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 20%2022of energy usedDown 19 points from 39% in 2004
Access to electricity: 52%2024of people with electricityUp 34 points from 18% in 2005
Infant mortality: 302024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 22 from 52 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 1 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.4 t from 0.5 t in 2005
Forest area: 0%2023of land under forestLevel with 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 2 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.396	58.1	—	—	6.18	47.0	—	74	0.4	0.5	—	—
1991	0.401	58.3	—	39.4	6.16	46.7	—	73	0.5	0.5	—	—
1992	0.409	58.6	—	39.2	6.13	46.4	—	73	1.1	0.5	—	—
1993	0.421	58.7	—	39.0	6.09	46.1	—	73	1.0	0.5	—	—
1994	0.432	58.8	—	38.8	6.06	45.5	—	73	1.1	0.4	—	—
1995	0.439	58.9	—	38.6	5.96	45.2	—	73	1.1	0.4	—	—
1996	0.448	58.9	—	38.5	5.86	43.9	—	73	1.0	0.4	—	—
1997	0.450	59.4	0.0	38.3	5.74	43.8	—	72	1.0	0.4	—	—
1998	0.460	59.9	0.0	38.2	5.62	46.0	—	71	1.0	0.4	—	—
1999	0.467	60.4	0.1	38.1	5.52	43.9	—	69	1.0	0.4	—	—
2000	0.468	61.0	0.2	38.1	5.46	44.4	19	67	0.4	0.4	—	—
2001	0.470	61.7	0.3	38.1	5.41	44.2	22	65	0.4	0.4	—	—
2002	0.475	62.3	0.4	38.4	5.37	42.1	22	62	0.5	0.4	—	—
2003	0.482	62.8	0.4	38.9	5.36	40.2	23	59	0.5	0.4	—	—
2004	0.494	63.4	0.5	39.6	5.37	38.6	24	55	0.5	0.4	—	—
2005	0.500	63.9	0.7	40.4	5.38	38.8	18	52	0.5	0.4	—	—
2006	0.512	64.5	1.0	41.4	5.40	39.1	27	49	0.6	0.4	1301	3342
2007	0.512	64.9	1.4	42.4	5.43	35.6	33	47	0.6	0.4	1405	3278
2008	0.512	65.2	1.9	43.6	5.44	35.8	30	45	0.7	0.4	1636	3236
2009	0.522	65.5	2.3	44.8	5.41	33.4	31	44	0.6	0.4	1435	3159
2010	0.525	65.7	4.0	46.0	5.38	34.0	34	43	0.6	0.4	1660	3178
2011	0.530	65.8	4.5	47.1	5.38	33.3	35	42	0.7	0.3	1931	3271
2012	0.538	65.8	5.0	48.3	5.35	31.9	36	41	0.7	0.3	1859	3465
2013	0.544	65.9	6.2	49.4	5.32	35.1	38	40	0.6	0.3	1936	3831
2014	0.547	66.2	11.8	50.5	5.26	31.0	39	39	0.7	0.3	1719	3865
2015	0.551	66.5	17.6	51.7	5.21	28.3	40	39	0.7	0.3	1559	3978
2016	0.548	66.8	19.2	52.9	5.16	31.7	41	38	0.6	0.3	1568	4683
2017	0.551	67.1	21.0	54.2	5.11	25.5	43	37	0.9	0.3	1618	5353
2018	0.561	67.4	23.0	55.1	5.04	21.6	44	36	1.0	0.3	1723	5429
2019	0.566	67.6	25.1	56.1	4.98	21.2	45	35	1.0	0.3	1767	5610
2020	0.554	66.8	29.9	57.0	4.91	20.9	45	34	1.0	0.3	1796	5741
2021	0.553	66.8	35.6	57.9	4.85	22.1	48	33	0.9	0.3	1947	5837
2022	0.562	68.3	42.5	58.8	4.77	19.6	49	32	1.0	0.3	1961	6484
2023	0.563	68.5	45.0	59.7	4.70	—	50	31	1.0	0.3	2128	6972
2024	—	68.7	45.8	60.6	4.63	—	52	30	1.0	—	2105	7379
2025	—	—	—	61.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	2198	7676
On the profile	0.563	68.7	45.8	61.5	4.63	19.6	—	—	1.0	0.3	2198	7676

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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