Mauritania vs Zambia: Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita

Mauritania
0.522 units per person
in 2024
Zambia
0.536 units per person
in 2024
Mauritania rank
199th
Zambia rank
196th

Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita over time

  • Mauritania
  • Zambia
0.10.20.30.40.5199020072024

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 0.536 units per person against 0.522 units per person in Mauritania, a difference of 0.014 units per person.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Mauritania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 199th and Zambia ranks 196th of 214 countries.

Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Zambia Difference Ahead
2000s 0.2496 units per person 0.2113 units per person 0.0383 units per person Mauritania
2010s 0.3944 units per person 0.3275 units per person 0.0669 units per person Mauritania
2020s 0.4892 units per person 0.4876 units per person 0.0016 units per person Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people with and without electricity access, per capita, Mauritania or Zambia?
Zambia, at 0.536 units per person against 0.522 units per person in Mauritania as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of people with and without electricity access, per capita between Mauritania and Zambia?
0.014 units per person, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Zambia?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Mauritania and Zambia rank globally for number of people with and without electricity access, per capita?
Mauritania ranks 199th and Zambia ranks 196th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Number of people with and without electricity access divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.