International Rankings of Mauritania 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Mauritania, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Mauritania, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	167	10815	0
Internet users - percent of population	187	20.8 %	2018
Internet users - total	143	798809	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	174	1.58	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	151	61858	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	83	120.32	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	124	4.711 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	163	1.396 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	158	1.354 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	38	0.8 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	36	66	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	121	51.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	31	92.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	113	60.3	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	204	706.000 million US Dollars	2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	84	39 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	40	21.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	90	64.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	164	78.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	1	56.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	70	3.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	21	27.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	70	29.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	158	42.9 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	63	29.5 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2000
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	26	2.5 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	77	1 %	2017
Labor force	130	1.437 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	30	50 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	129	1.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	110	48.1 %	2014
Population below poverty line	55	31	2014
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	146	23.520 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	144	5197 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	84	27.4 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	150	2.615 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	65	5333	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	74	4000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	77	20.000 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	153	1.059 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	33	65	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	54	16	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	21	20	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	143	558000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	143	1.139 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	66	28.320 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	124	17000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	132	17290 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	136	2.74 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	111	6.16 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	25	40.82 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	94	38.5	2018
Land use - arable land	154	0.4	2018
Land use - forest	180	0.2	2018
Land use - other	32	61.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	35	38.1	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	45	1.3 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	134	11.400 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	80	1.223 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	127	31.800 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	136	95.400 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	19	3.84	2025
Urbanization - urban population	112	56.1	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	95	454000 tons	2009
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	89	36320 tons	2009
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	63	8 %	2009
Geography
Area - land	32	1.031 million sq km	0
Area - total	32	1.031 million sq km	0
Area - water	206	030 sq km	0
Coastline	89	754 km	0
Elevation - highest point	133	915 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	33	05 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	112	276 meters	0
Irrigated land	111	450 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	36	5002 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	94	38.5	2018
Land use - arable land	154	0.4	2018
Land use - forest	180	0.2	2018
Land use - other	32	61.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	35	38.1	2018
Total renewable water resources	133	11.400 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	41	19.71 %	2462
Age structure - 25-54 years	168	33.91 %	7518
Age structure - 55-64 years	166	4.9 %	7201
Birth rate	34	28.49 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	118	17.8 %	2015
Current Health Expenditure	64	4.6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	89	7.54 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	116	5.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	31	18 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	35	75 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	34	69.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	11	98.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	31	31.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	44	15.6 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	59	1.3 % of population	0
Education expenditures	57	1.9 % of GDP	2019
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	35	0.3	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	80	8500	2020
Hospital bed density	69	N/A beds/1,000 population	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	20	45.96 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	18	57.96 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	18	52.05 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	172	67.37 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	178	62.43 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	176	64.86 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	5	766	2017
Median age - female	133	22 years	2020
Median age - male	129	20.1 years	0
Median age - total	127	21 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	102	0.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	97	12.7 %	2016
Physicians density	140	0.19 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	126	4.079 million	2021
Population growth rate	38	2.02 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	72	83.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	17	74.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	28	44 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	34	16.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	12	10 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	12	9 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	13	9 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	28	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	38	0.87	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	39	0.83	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	38	0.73 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	24	0.93 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	33	3.59 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	54	24.9	2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	54	18.8	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	52	21.1	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	19	3.84	2025
Urbanization - urban population	112	56.1	2021
Transportation
Airports	94	30	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	40	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	34	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	69	9	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	20	10	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	50	8	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	76	21	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	65	2	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	119	454435	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	96	6	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	98	728 km	2014
Roadways - paved	96	3988 km	2018
Roadways - total	105	12253 km	2018
Waterways	95	N/A km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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