Laos vs Mauritania: Prosperity gap

Laos

5.15

in 2024

Mauritania

5.5

in 2019

Laos rank

33rd

Mauritania rank

31st

Prosperity gap over time

Mauritania currently reports 5.5 against 5.15 in Laos, a difference of 0.3492.

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

Laos ranks 33rd and Mauritania ranks 31st of 120 countries.

Indicator: Prosperity gap
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average factor by which incomes need to be multiplied to bring everyone to the prosperity standard of $28 per person per day.