World Bank poverty and inequality measures for Mauritania, generated from analytical reports, national monitoring programs, and the Bank's Development Research Group. The data includes internationally comparable global poverty estimates and lines produced since 1990. It is provided in CSV format and was last updated on 2026-04-28.
Use Cases
- Assess the extent and causes of poverty based on household survey data mentioned in the description
- Examine the impact of growth and public policy on inequality using analytical report measures
- Review poverty measurement methods with internationally comparable estimates produced since 1990
Strengths
- Data originates from the World Bank Group, a major international financial institution.
- Includes poverty estimates produced on a global scale since 1990, allowing for long-term analysis.
- Derived from multiple sources including analytical reports and national monitoring programs.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Analytical work conducted in collaboration with national institutions, development agencies, and civil society, using household survey data.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 09:49:06.221799; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Mauritania