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

Mauritania

52.2%

in 2024

Zambia

53.6%

in 2024

Mauritania rank

199th

Zambia rank

196th

Share of the population with access to basic services over time

Mauritania
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 53.6% against 52.2% in Mauritania, a difference of 1.4%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Mauritania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 199th and Zambia ranks 196th 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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.