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International Rankings of Mauritania - 2022


SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 56 0.40 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 159 18457 2020
Internet users - percent of population 58 41.00 % 2020
Internet users - total 125 1.906 million 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 54 1.00 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 140 62099 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 69 106.00 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 120 4.933 million 2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures 158 1.396 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 154 1.354 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 34 0.80 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 118 711.000 million US Dollars 2017
Debt - external 137 4.150 billion US Dollars 2017
Exports 144 2.520 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP (official exchange rate) 197 706.000 million US Dollars 2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 80 39.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 35 21.80 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 88 64.90 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 157 78.60 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 1 56.10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 70 3.20 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 19 27.80 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 66 29.30 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 154 42.90 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 96 33 % 2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 63 29.50 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2000
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 26 2.50 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population N/A
Imports 146 3.680 billion US Dollars 2019
Industrial production growth rate 76 1.00 % 2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 63 2.20 % 2019
Labor force 128 1.437 million US Dollars 2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 28 50 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry 125 2 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services 104 48 % 2014
Population below poverty line 53 31 % 2014
Public debt 20 96.60 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 144 23.170 billion US Dollars 2020
Real GDP growth rate 50 3.50 % 2017
Real GDP per capita 140 5000 US Dollars 2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 135 875.000 million US Dollars 2017
Taxes and other revenues 80 27.40 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 49 10.20 % 2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 48 24.90 2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 52 18.80 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 47 21.10 N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 123 4.041 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 138 4.041 million 2019
Electricity - consumption 146 1.577 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 136 656000 kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 137 245.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 63 73.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 88 11.90 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 13 8.10 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 35 6.80 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 139 13.558 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - proven reserves 64 28.317 billion cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports 61 4800 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 73 20.000 million bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 122 27500 bbl/day 2019
Refined petroleum products - imports 129 17290 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 134 3 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 109 6 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 24 41 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 91 39 2018
Land use - other 30 61 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 34 38 2018
Revenue from forest resources 44 1 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 131 11.400 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 79 1.223 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 125 31.800 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 133 95.400 million cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 19 3.84 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 94 58 2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually 94 454000.00 tons 2009
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually 88 36320 tons 2009
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled 61 8.00 % 2009
Geography
Area - land 30 1.031 million sq km N/A
Area - total 30 1.031 million sq km N/A
Coastline 84 754 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 125 915 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 110 276 meters N/A
Irrigated land 107 450 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 37 5002 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 91 39 2018
Land use - other 30 61 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 34 38 2018
Population Density 203 4.04 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 26 3 % of GDP 2022
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 39 19.71 N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years 158 33.91 N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years 156 4.90 N/A
Birth rate 34 28.06 births/1,000 population 2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 17 19 % 2018
Contraceptive prevalence rate 120 11.50 % 1920
Current health expenditure 77 3 % of GDP 2019
Death rate 86 7.43 deaths/1,000 population 2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 125 6.00 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 31 16.80 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 18 82.70 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 20 76.80 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 13 99 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - rural 26 32 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - total 35 15 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 49 1 % of population N/A
Education expenditures 64 2 % of GDP 2020
Infant mortality rate - female 18 44.91 deaths/1,000 live births 2022
Infant mortality rate - male 17 56.89 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 17 50.99 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 166 68 years 2022
Life expectancy at birth - male 169 63 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 169 65 years N/A
Literacy - female 106 43 % 2017
Literacy - male 90 64 % N/A
Literacy - total population 98 54 % N/A
Maternal mortality ratio 5 766.00 deaths/100,000 live births 2017
Median age - female 128 22 years 2020
Median age - male 127 20 years N/A
Median age - total 121 21 years N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth 59 22 1921
Net migration rate 98 0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 93 12.70 % 2016
Physicians density 138 0.19 physicians/1,000 population 2018
Population 125 4.162 million 2022
Population growth rate 36 1.99 % 2022
Sanitation facility access - improved 62 84 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 16 75 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 27 43 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 31 17 % of population N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 14 9 years 2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 12 8 years N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 13 9 years N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 14 1.01 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 27 0.96 N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 35 0.86 N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 38 0.83 N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 36 0.61 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 10 1.03 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 24 0.93 male(s)/female N/A
Tobacco use - female 89 2 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 98 19 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 98 11 % 2020
Total fertility rate 32 3.53 children born/woman 2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 19 3.84 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 94 58 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 48 24.90 2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 52 18.80 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 47 21.10 N/A
Transportation
Airports 94 30 2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 40 4 2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 33 5 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total 67 9 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 20 10 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 50 8 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 76 21 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 65 2 2021
Merchant marine - total 129 5 N/A
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 117 454435 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 94 6.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 27 1 2020
Railways - total 90 728 km 2014
Roadways - paved 94 3988 km 2018
Roadways - total 104 12253 km 2018
Waterways 59 1086 km 2022

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Mauritania on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritania 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritania 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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