Mauritania vs Papua New Guinea: Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas, per capita

Mauritania
0.1509 people per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.149 people per person
in 2024
Mauritania rank
17th
Papua New Guinea rank
18th

Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas, per capita over time

  • Mauritania
  • Papua New Guinea
0.10.20.30.40.5200020122024

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 0.1509 people per person against 0.149 people per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0019 people per person.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Mauritania has been ahead every year.

Mauritania ranks 17th and Papua New Guinea ranks 18th of 171 countries.

Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
2000s 0.4322 people per person 0.1307 people per person 0.3016 people per person Mauritania
2010s 0.2713 people per person 0.1403 people per person 0.131 people per person Mauritania
2020s 0.1735 people per person 0.1474 people per person 0.0261 people per person Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sanitation facilities usage in rural areas, per capita, Mauritania or Papua New Guinea?
Mauritania, at 0.1509 people per person against 0.149 people per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in sanitation facilities usage in rural areas, per capita between Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
0.0019 people per person, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Mauritania and Papua New Guinea rank globally for sanitation facilities usage in rural areas, per capita?
Mauritania ranks 17th and Papua New Guinea ranks 18th of 171 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas, per capita
Unit
people per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
171 places, 4,132 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

Sanitation facilities usage in rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.