 Mauritania | |||
| Voter turnout in the national election | 72.5% (2018) [66/199 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Statutory number of members (As of February 16, 2023) | 157 [78/190 countries] | ||
| Inhabitants per parliamentarian (2021) | 19,634 [140/192 countries] | ||
| % of women in parliament (As of February 16, 2023) | 20.26% [113/185 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Evaluation of control of corruption (0-100) (2021) | 22.1 [163/209 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| General government expenditures as % of GDP (2022) | 24.8% [130/189 countries] | ||
| General government primary net lending/borrowing as % of GDP (2022) | -1.54% [70/180 countries] | ||
| General government gross debt as % of GDP (2022) | 51% [110/185 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| General government revenues as % of GDP (2022) | 23% [121/189 countries] | ||
| Taxes on income, profits and capital gains, % of GDP (2019) | 4.3% [91/117 countries] | ||
| Social security contributions, % of GDP (2019) | 0.7% [80/113 countries] | ||
| Taxes on property, % of GDP (2019) | 0.4% [59/111 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Population (ten thousands) (2021) | 477.5 [126/216 countries] | ||
| Popuation growth (annual) (2021) | 2.6% [16/217 countries] | ||
| Popuation change in the last 20 years (2001-2021) | 76.7% [24/217 countries] | ||
| 0-14 years, % of the total population (2021) | 39.5% [34/193 countries] | ||
| 15-64 years, % of the total population (2021) | 57.3% [159/193 countries] | ||
| 65 years and over, % of the total population (2021) | 3.2% [155/193 countries] | ||
| Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years) (2020) | 65.1 [164/199 countries] | ||
| Life expectancy at birth - Female (years) (2020) | 66.7 [167/199 countries] | ||
| Life expectancy at birth - Male (years) (2020) | 63.5 [164/199 countries] | ||
| Population density (per square kilometer) (2021) | 4.6 [206/216 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (2020) | 4.45 [21/200 countries] | ||
| Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people) (2020) | 32.8 [24/204 countries] | ||
| Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) (2017) | 766 [7/183 countries] | ||
| Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) (2020) | 49.0 [19/193 countries] | ||
| Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) (2020) | 71 [19/194 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Prevalence of stunting in children under 5 (%) (2020) | 24.2% [49/154 countries] | ||
| Prevalence of overweight in children under 5 (%) (2020) | 2.7% [130/154 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| International migrant stock (% of immigrants in the population) (2020) | 3.9% [133/231 countries] | ||
| Refugee population by country or territory of asylum (2019) | 84,901 [40/164 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| GDP (current US$, billions) (2021) | 9.130 [145/192 countries] | ||
| GDP per capita (current US$) (2021) | 2,153 [147/192 countries] | ||
| GDP per capita (PPP, current international$) (2021) | 6,341 [134/192 countries] | ||
| GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) (2021) | 1,730 [136/173 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 30.8% [57/187 countries] | ||
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 30.8% [57/187 countries] | ||
| Employment in industry (% of total employment) (2019) | 17.6% [117/187 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Daily newspapers: number of titles (2004) | 3 [106/153 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| E-Government Development Index (2020) | 0.2820 [176/193 countries] | ||
| E-Participation Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.0952 [186/193 countries] | ||
| Online Service Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.1000 [186/193 countries] | ||
| Human Capital Component (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.3575 [180/193 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Surface area (square km) (2020) | 1,030,700 [28/215 countries] | ||
| Land area (sq. km) (2020) | 1,030,700 [28/216 countries] | ||
| Agricultural land (% of land area) (2020) | 38.5% [105/209 countries] | ||
| Forest area (sq. km) (2020) | 3,128 [150/209 countries] | ||
| Forest area (% of land area) (2020) | 0.3% [202/209 countries] | ||
| Coastline (km) (2019) | 754 [90/230 countries] | ||
| Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) (2015) | 21.0% [17/172 countries] | ||
| Average yearly temperature (degrees Celsius) (1961-1990) | 27.7 [7/191 countries] | ||
| Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) (2019) | 92 [175/182 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Bird species, threatened (2018) | 19 [67/215 countries] | ||
| Fish species, threatened (2018) | 45 [55/215 countries] | ||
| Mammal species, threatened (2018) | 18 [50/215 countries] | ||
| Plant species (higher), threatened (2018) | 0 [194/215 countries] | ||
| Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) (2018) | 0.6% [205/211 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| CO2 emissions (kilo tonnes) (2019) | 3,950 [137/191 countries] | ||
| CO2 emissions per capita (metric tonnes) (2019) | 0.87 [139/191 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Age-standardized mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution (per 100,000 population) (2016) | 169.5 [33/183 countries] | ||
| Mortality rate attributed to exposure to unsafe WASH services (per 100,000 population) (2016) | 38.6 [25/157 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Exports of goods and services (billion US$) (2020) | 3.1 [125/173 countries] | ||
| Exports of goods and services, % of GDP (2020) | 39.8% [57/173 countries] | ||
| Imports of goods and services (billion US$) (2020) | 4.1 [128/173 countries] | ||
| Imports of goods and services, % of GDP (2020) | 51.3% [52/173 countries] | ||
| External balance on goods and services (million US$) (2020) | -1 [95/173 countries] | ||
| Current account balance (billion US$) (2021) | -0.576 [116/193 countries] | ||
| Export from Japan (million US$) (2018) | 17 [143/161 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Period of United Nations membership () | 1961.1027 [100/192 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Military expenditure (billion US$) (2020) | 0.2 [106/150 countries] | ||
| Military expenditure (% of GDP) (2020) | 2.5% [33/148 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Road traffic mortality rate (per 100,000 population) (2019) | 25.6 [47/183 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents (5?19 years) (%) (2016) | 4.0% [140/190 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Prevalence of anaemia in women of reproductive age (15?49 years) (%) (2019) | 43.3% [26/192 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Healthy life expectancy at birth - male (2019) | 60.2 [121/183 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Tuberculosis incidence (per 100,000 population) (2020) | 87 [64/194 countries] | ||
| Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence among children under 5 years (%) (2020) | 3.35 [12/194 countries] | ||
| Reported number of people requiring interventions against NTDs (2020) | 844,271 [70/194 countries] | ||
| Probability of dying from any of CVD, cancer, diabetes, CRD between age 30-70 (%) (2019) | 16.1 [123/183 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Density of medical doctors (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 1.9 [161/193 countries] | ||
| Density of nursing and midwifery personnel (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 9.3 [163/194 countries] | ||
| Density of dentists (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 0.5 [141/167 countries] | ||
| Density of pharmacists (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 0.2 [156/167 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) (2019) | 3,937 [103/165 countries] | ||
| Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (million US$) | 1,598 (2020) [109/185 countries] | ||
| Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) | 20.2% (2020) [33/185 countries] | ||
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 30.8% [57/187 countries] | ||
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 30.8% [57/187 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Stimulants, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 4.32 [36/179 countries] | ||
| Coffee and products, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.07 [159/179 countries] | ||
| Tea (including mate), food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 4.25 [4/178 countries] | ||
| Alcoholic Beverages, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.05 [174/178 countries] | ||
| Total alcohol per capita (??15 years of age) consumptionl (litres of pure alcohol) (2019) | 0.0 [181/185 countries] | ||
| Wine, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.01 [167/177 countries] | ||
| Beer, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.00 [177/177 countries] | ||
| Fermented beverages, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.01 [129/175 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Travel & Tourism Competitiveness (ranking by World Economic Forum) (2019) | 135 [135/140 countries] | ||
| Number of foreign visitors to Japan (2019) | 96 [177/196 countries] | ||
| Number of foreign visitors to Japan (per 10,000 population) (2019) | 0.2 [162/188 countries] | ||
| International tourism, receipts (% of total exports) (2019) | 0.5% [134/136 countries] | ||
| International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) (2019) | 1.5% [144/149 countries] |
| Mauritania | |||
| Life satisfaction (10 steps) (2022) | 4.153 [132/145 countries] | ||
| Life satisfaction (10 steps) - male (2012-2014) | 4.540 [121/162 countries] | ||
| Life satisfaction (10 steps) - female (2012-2014) | 4.549 [124/162 countries] | ||
| % of those who had positive affect on the previous day (2010-2012) | 77.1% [53/154 countries] | ||
| % of those who report that they felt happiness on the previous day (2010-2012) | 80.4% [42/155 countries] | ||
| % of those who had negative affect on the previous day (2010-2012) | 16.1% [138/155 countries] | ||
| % of those who are satisfied with their freedom of choice in life (2021) | 56.1% [143/148 countries] |