International Rankings of Mauritania 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	22	218	2012
Internet users	75,000	163	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	65,100	154	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	4,024,000	119	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$1,702,000,000	150	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$1,677,000,000	150	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-0.60	41	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	9	19	31 Dec 2009 est
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	17.00	28	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	-$1,240,000,000	120	2013 est.
Debt - external	$3,233,000,000	131	31 Dec 2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	39.0	59	2000
Exports	$2,728,000,000	131	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	56.80	46	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	22.70	19	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	52.40	128	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-84.90	153	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	61.90	2	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	-8.90	64	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	16.90	56	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	54.60	17	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	28.50	176	2013 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$4,183,000,000	169	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$2,200	154	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$8,204,000,000	156	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	6.40	20	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	27.40	34	2013 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	29.50	68	2000
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	2.50	23	2000
Imports	$3,355,000,000	142	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	8.00	15	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	4.60	48	2013 est.
Labor force	1,318,000	135	2007
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	50.00	26	2001 est.
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	2.00	112	2001 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	48.00	96	2001 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	40.00	31	2004 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$1,739,000,000	131	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	40.1	38	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	30.00	17	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	82	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	6,577	94	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	20,000,000	79	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	651,900,000	161	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	0	91	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	63.1	73	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	36.9	60	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	31	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	72	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	0	109	2012 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	263,000	154	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	701,000,000	154	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	185.37	176	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	0	110	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	54	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	76	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	95	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	125	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	12,810	124	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	0	116	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	754	96	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	915	165	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	35	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	99	2005
Irrigated land (sq km)	450	115	2004
Land Area - sq km	1,030,700.00	29	NA
Land boundaries - km	5,074	32	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	0.44	197	2011
Land use - other (%)	99.55	7	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	0.01	173	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	3.41	225	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	1,030,700.00	29	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	11.40	134	2011
Water Area - sq km	0	142	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.
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	691,548	113	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	697,156	113	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	39.50	31	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	358,533	120	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	343,214	125	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	20.00	24	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	613,324	139	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	528,133	142	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	32.50	112	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	87,086	142	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	71,265	145	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	4.50	92	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	72,842	143	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	53,705	144	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	3.50	108	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	31.83	35	2014 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	16.00	29	2007 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	127,251	64	2007 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	19.50	29	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	9.30	141	2007
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	8.35	81	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	5.60	104	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	17.90	31	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	75.70	39	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	70.10	36	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	47.7	116	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	49.6	119	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	52.3	96	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	52.3	17	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	50.4	6	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	47.7	2	2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	3.70	45	2011
Health expenditures	5.40	60	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	0.40	39	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	800	59	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	10,500	96	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	0.40	73	2006
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	50.93	29	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	61.04	26	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	56.06	28	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	64.63	184	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	60.00	179	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	62.28	175	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	52.00	109	2011 est.
Literacy - male (%)	65.30	108	2011 est.
Literacy - total (%)	58.60	108	2011 est.
Maternal mortality rate	510.00	17	2010
Median age - female (years)	20.90	129	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	19.00	140	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	19.90	129	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	21.90	51	2000-01 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-0.85	103	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	12.70	101	2008
Physicians density	0.13	133	2009
Population	3,516,806	133	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	2.26	36	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	9.2	138	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	90.8	17	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	26.7	125	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	73.3	23	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	51.1	108	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	48.9	31	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	8	14	2012
School life expectancy - male (years)	8	13	2012
School life expectancy - total (years)	8	13	2012
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	16	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	0.96	27	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	0.86	40	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.93	26	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.74	38	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.03	13	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	0.93	29	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	4.07	35	2014 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	2.91	48	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	41.5	129	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	30	92	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	9	70	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	21	80	2013
Roadways (km)	10,628	133	2010

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