Mauritania

GDP (PPP) per capita (2022): 6,644.78 Int. Dollar Population (2022): 4,736,139 HDI (2022): 0.54
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 157
Score: 38.6
Vulnerability 0.587
Readiness 0.359

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Mauritania places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Mauritania is the 12th most vulnerable country and the 118th most ready country.

ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995

Year 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Ranking
147
147
148
150
153
151
145
142
149
149
150
150
149
154
156
160
162
158
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156
159
148
149
149
149
152
155
157
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2003 to 2022 Score
Vulnerability
0.587
Food
0.614
Projected change of cereal yields
0.815
Projected population change
0.475
Food import dependency
0.378
Rural population
0.464
Agriculture capacity
0.996
Child malnutrition
0.557
Water
0.592
Projected change of annual runoff
0
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0
Fresh water withdrawal rate
1.000
Water dependency ratio
0.965
Dam capacity
0.994
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.737
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.333
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
1.000
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.824
Slum population
0.565
Medical staff
0.962
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.483
Projected change of biome distribution
0.518
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.285
Natural capital dependency
0.506
Ecological footprint
0.096
Protected biome
0.722
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.773
Human Habitat
0.538
Projected change of warm periods
0.150
Projected change of flood hazard
0.336
Urban concentration
0.536
Age dependency ratio
0.779
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.769
Paved roads
0.659
Infrastructure
0.556
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
-
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.090
Dependency on imported energy
0.620
Population living under 5m above sea level
1.000
Electricity access
0.515
Disaster preparedness
-