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
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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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Indicator
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita
Unit
people per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
214 places, 5,325 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

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.