Mali vs Mauritania: Share of the population with access to basic services

Mali
49.5%
in 2024
Mauritania
52.2%
in 2024
Mali rank
200th
Mauritania rank
199th

Share of the population with access to basic services over time

  • Mali
  • Mauritania
0204060199620102024

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 52.2% against 49.5% in Mali, a difference of 2.7%.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Mauritania ahead.

Mali ranks 200th and Mauritania ranks 199th of 214 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of the population with access to basic services
Unit
% of population
Source
Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
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Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.