International Rankings of Mauritania 2014, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	22	220	2012
Internet users	75,000	170	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	65,100	158	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	4,024,000	121	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$1,449,000,000	156	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$1,561,000,000	152	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	2.90	17	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	9	28	31 Dec 2009 est
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	17.00	29	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	-$1,263,000,000	122	2013 est.
Debt - external	$2,922,000,000	138	31 Dec 2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	39.0	69	2000
Exports	$2,642,000,000	135	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	58.60	51	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	21.80	29	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	54.70	144	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-90.70	180	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	64.50	1	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	-8.90	183	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	16.70	58	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	53.40	16	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	29.90	211	2012 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$3,886,000,000	170	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$2,100	191	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$7,604,000,000	157	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	6.90	32	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	26.20	42	2012 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	29.50	84	2000
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	2.50	80	2000
Imports	$3,176,000,000	144	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	14.70	4	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	4.90	82	2013 est.
Labor force	1,318,000	136	2007
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	50.00	49	2001 est.
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	10.00	147	2001 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	40.00	128	2001 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	40.00	42	2004 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$1,514,000,000	142	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	40.2	46	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	30.00	23	2008 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	1,774,000	151	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	7,337	62	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	0	134	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	6,577	96	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	20,000,000	84	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	651,900,000	161	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	0	134	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	63.1	128	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	36.9	62	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	100	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	151	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	0	145	2012 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	263,000	152	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	701,000,000	154	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	189.64	175	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	0	150	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	111	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	129	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	145	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	28,320,000,000	70	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	18,120	133	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	159	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	12,810	125	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	0	154	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	754	99	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	915	173	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	100	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	420.2	70	2005
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	1.35	100	2005
Irrigated land (sq km)	450	116	2004
Land Area - sq km	1,030,700.00	29	NA
Land boundaries - km	5,074	33	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	0.44	212	2011
Land use - other (%)	99.55	37	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	0.01	200	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	3.34	225	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	1,030,700.00	29	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	11.40	137	2011
Water Area - sq km	0	194	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	804,622	123	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	718,713	137	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	581,473	136	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	480,042	140	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	36,826	114	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	36,116	117	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	5.50	13	2006
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	681,224	111	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	686,596	113	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	39.80	41	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	351,367	122	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	335,998	124	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	20.00	57	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	595,195	139	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	512,045	143	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	32.20	190	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	84,303	142	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	68,960	144	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	4.50	178	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	70,186	144	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	51,736	145	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	3.50	187	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	32.31	36	2014 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	15.90	48	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	9.30	169	2007
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	8.50	83	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio (number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+))	0	68	201
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	47.7	180	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - total	49.6	196	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	52.3	203	NA
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	52.3	20	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	50.4	11	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	47.7	2	2011 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	3.90	114	2011
Health expenditures	5.40	124	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	0.70	61	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	1,000	69	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	14,000	86	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	0.40	181	2006
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	52.30	31	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	62.51	29	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	57.48	31	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	64.23	189	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	59.65	189	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	61.91	188	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	52.00	182	2011 est.
Literacy - male (%)	65.30	190	2011 est.
Literacy - total (%)	58.60	193	2011 est.
Maternal mortality rate	510.00	19	2010
Median age - female (years)	20.70	187	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	18.80	195	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	19.80	188	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	21.90	77	2001 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-0.87	146	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	12.70	127	2008
Physicians density	0.13	160	2009
Population	3,437,610	134	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	2.29	37	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	9.2	185	NA
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	90.8	15	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	26.6	178	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	73.4	25	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	51.1	168	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	48.9	34	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	8	169	2012
School life expectancy - male (years)	8	180	2012
School life expectancy - total (years)	8	183	2012
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	198	2013 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	0.96	216	2013 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	0.86	220	2013 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.82	193	2013 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.74	156	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.03	190	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	0.93	203	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	92	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	4.15	37	2014 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	2.91	57	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	41.5	158	2011
Transportation
Airports	30	115	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	9	122	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	21	102	2013
Roadways (km)	10,628	133	2010

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