Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Mauritania
Mauritania: Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita was 0.513 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Mauritania, 1946–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Mauritania stood at 0.513.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Mauritania peaked at 0.745 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.265, in 1989.
Mauritania ranks 119th of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 80 years of available data.
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 0.341 | — |
| 1947 | 0.346 | +1.5% |
| 1948 | 0.346 | +0.0% |
| 1949 | 0.346 | +0.0% |
| 1950 | 0.346 | +0.0% |
| 1951 | 0.346 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.346 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.346 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.346 | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 0.346 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.346 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.371 | +7.2% |
| 1958 | 0.357 | -3.8% |
| 1959 | 0.368 | +3.1% |
| 1960 | 0.464 | +26.1% |
| 1961 | 0.447 | -3.7% |
| 1962 | 0.426 | -4.7% |
| 1963 | 0.426 | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.426 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.426 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.426 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.426 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.426 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.426 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.454 | +6.6% |
| 1971 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.41 | -9.7% |
| 1979 | 0.286 | -30.2% |
| 1980 | 0.286 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.287 | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 0.267 | -7.0% |
| 1983 | 0.267 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.27 | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.272 | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.272 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.282 | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 0.282 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.265 | -6.0% |
| 1990 | 0.272 | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 0.317 | +16.5% |
| 1992 | 0.484 | +52.7% |
| 1993 | 0.51 | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 0.515 | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.518 | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.525 | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.525 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.525 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.525 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.539 | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 0.555 | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 0.555 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.555 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.616 | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 0.644 | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 0.724 | +12.4% |
| 2007 | 0.745 | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 0.732 | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.716 | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.714 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.714 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.708 | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.61 | -13.8% |
| 2014 | 0.608 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.603 | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.603 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.53 | -12.1% |
| 2018 | 0.54 | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.639 | +18.3% |
| 2020 | 0.632 | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.58 | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 0.609 | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 0.619 | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 0.531 | -14.2% |
| 2025 | 0.513 | -3.4% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.513 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.645, 80% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.513 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.6165, 83% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Mauritania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +52.7% | 0.317 | 0.484 |
| 1979 | -30.2% | 0.41 | 0.286 |
| 1960 | +26.1% | 0.368 | 0.464 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.3448 | 0.341 | 0.346 | 4 |
| 1950s | 0.3518 | 0.346 | 0.371 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.4319 | 0.426 | 0.464 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4328 | 0.286 | 0.454 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.275 | 0.265 | 0.287 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4716 | 0.272 | 0.525 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6381 | 0.539 | 0.745 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6269 | 0.53 | 0.714 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5807 | 0.513 | 0.632 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 116 Guinea-Bissau 0.557 compare
- 117 India 0.534 compare
- 118 Iraq 0.521 compare
- 119 Kazakhstan 0.513 compare
- 121 El Salvador 0.511 compare
- 122 Cameroon 0.509 compare
More economy & growth data for Mauritania
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -17.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.5389 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -21.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.3935 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0172 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 37.85 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Mauritania?
- Human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Mauritania was 0.513 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.745 in 2007.
- What is the lowest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.265 in 1989.
- How does Mauritania rank for human rights index vs. gdp per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 119th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.