Mauritania vs Papua New Guinea: Number of people without access to electricity, per capita
Mauritania
0.478 people per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.567 people per person
in 2024
Mauritania rank
16th
Papua New Guinea rank
13th
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita over time
- Mauritania
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.567 people per person against 0.478 people per person in Mauritania, a difference of 0.089 people per person.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Mauritania's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Mauritania ranks 16th and Papua New Guinea ranks 13th of 214 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7504 people per person | 0.8607 people per person | 0.1103 people per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.6056 people per person | 0.8185 people per person | 0.2129 people per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.5108 people per person | 0.7516 people per person | 0.2408 people per person | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people without access to electricity, per capita, Mauritania or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.567 people per person against 0.478 people per person in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of people without access to electricity, per capita between Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.089 people per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Papua New Guinea rank globally for number of people without access to electricity, per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 16th and Papua New Guinea ranks 13th of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people without access to electricity, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people without access to electricity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.