Share of the population with access to electricity: Mauritania
52.2% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 25 years from 2000 to 2024 are below.
Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (% of population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 52.2 |
| 2023 | 50.3 |
| 2022 | 49 |
| 2021 | 47.7 |
| 2020 | 45.4 |
| 2019 | 44.9 |
| 2018 | 43.6 |
| 2017 | 42.9 |
| 2016 | 41.2 |
| 2015 | 39.5 |
| 2014 | 38.8 |
| 2013 | 37.6 |
| 2012 | 36.4 |
| 2011 | 35.3 |
| 2010 | 34.2 |
| 2009 | 31.1 |
| 2008 | 30 |
| 2007 | 33 |
| 2006 | 27 |
| 2005 | 18.2 |
| 2004 | 24.3 |
| 2003 | 23 |
| 2002 | 21.7 |
| 2001 | 22.2 |
| 2000 | 19.1 |