Mauritania's life expectancy rose from 58.9 yrs in 1995 to 68.7 yrs in 2024.
Mauritania · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 21 with data
Mauritania's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 55.2 yrs in 2000 to 60.4 yrs in 2021.
Mauritania's infant mortality fell from 72.7 ‰ in 1995 to 30.2 ‰ in 2024.
Mauritania's under-5 mortality rate fell from 110.7 ‰ in 1995 to 36.9 ‰ in 2024.
Mauritania's maternal mortality ratio fell from 809.0 /100k in 1994 to 381.0 /100k in 2023.
Mauritania's ncd mortality fell from 20.8 % in 2000 to 18.7 % in 2021.
Mauritania's suicide mortality rate fell from 2.7 /100k in 2000 to 2.7 /100k in 2021.
Mauritania's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 26.1 /100k in 2000 to 25.6 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.3 pts145th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +0.6 %144th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +2.1 pts144th of 192
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- Physiciansup +19.2 %94th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesup +2.8 %97th of 129
- Hospital bedsdown −39.9 %116th of 120*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +1.0 pts74th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −4.0 pts124th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −7.1 %132nd of 208
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Mauritania.
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data