Mauritania

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 5,390.09 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 4,649,660 HDI (2020): 0.55
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 143
Score: 39.3
Vulnerability 0.571
Readiness 0.357

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 17th most vulnerable country and the 119th 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
Ranking
138
139
140
140
144
144
139
137
140
140
143
152
152
157
152
158
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153
152
155
144
140
139
140
143
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.571
Food
0.626
Projected change of cereal yields
0.815
Projected population change
0.475
Food import dependency
0.472
Rural population
0.481
Agriculture capacity
0.992
Child malnutrition
0.523
Water
0.587
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
0.972
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.695
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
0.429
Slum population
0.751
Medical staff
0.960
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
0.094
Protected biome
0.722
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.773
Human Habitat
0.517
Projected change of warm periods
0.150
Projected change of flood hazard
0.336
Urban concentration
0.519
Age dependency ratio
0.736
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.703
Paved roads
0.659
Infrastructure
0.515
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
-
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.090
Dependency on imported energy
-
Population living under 5m above sea level
1.000
Electricity access
0.532
Disaster preparedness
0.438