International Rankings of Mauritania 2023, 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	57	0.4	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	166	18457	2020
Internet users - percent of population	59	59 %	2021
Internet users - total	123	2.714 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	58	1	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	146	58094	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	23	141	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	113	6.512 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	165	1.407 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	154	1.617 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	38	0.8 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	133	807.862 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	140	4.150 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	148	3.180 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	210	706.000 million US Dollars	2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	88	39 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	40	21.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	92	64.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	168	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	71	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	165	42.9 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	93	32.6 %	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	64	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
Imports	149	4.312 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	180	6.61 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	91	3.57 %	2021
Labor force	139	1.197 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	30	50 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	133	1.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	114	48.1 %	2014
Population below poverty line	56	31 %	2014
Public debt	28	96.6 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	146	24.494 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	142	2.45 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	144	5300 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	130	2.039 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	35	27.4 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	56	11.46 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	56	27.9	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	58	20.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	57	23	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	125	4.041 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	151	1.577 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	141	656000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	142	245.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	67	73.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	92	11.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	14	8.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	37	6.8 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	144	13.558 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	65	28.317 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	63	4800 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	75	20.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	124	27500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	134	17290 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	138	2.74 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	112	6.16 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	26	40.82 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	96	38.5	2018
Land use - arable land	158	0.4	2018
Land use - forest	182	0.2	2018
Land use - other	34	61.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	36	38.1	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	47	1.3 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	137	11.400 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	80	1.200 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	93	30.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	103	100.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	20	3.84	2025
Urbanization - urban population	102	57.7	2023
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	33	1.031 million sq km	0
Area - total	33	1.031 million sq km	0
Area - water	220	030 sq km	0
Coastline	92	754 km	0
Elevation - highest point	145	915 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	05 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	113	276 meters	0
Irrigated land	112	450 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	38	5002 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	96	38.5	2018
Land use - arable land	158	0.4	2018
Land use - forest	182	0.2	2018
Land use - other	34	61.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	36	38.1	2018
Military
Military expenditures	27	2.5 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	152	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	135	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	168	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	96	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	36	27.61 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	18	19.2 %	2018
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	11.5 %	1920
Current health expenditure	81	3.4 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	30	66 %	2023
Death rate	99	7.33 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	135	6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	31	16.8 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	19	82.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	20	76.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	13	98.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	27	31.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	36	14.8 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	52	1.3 % of population	0
Education expenditures	66	1.9 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	30	1.71 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	18	43.89 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	18	55.84 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	18	49.95 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	181	68.12 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	187	63.1 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	183	65.57 years	0
Literacy - female	98	62.2 %	2021
Literacy - male	78	71.8 %	0
Literacy - total population	88	67 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	16	465 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	137	22 years	2020
Median age - male	134	20.1 years	0
Median age - total	132	21 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	60	21.8	1921
Net migration rate	107	0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	98	12.7 %	2016
Physicians density	143	0.19 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	129	4.245 million	2023
Population growth rate	38	1.96 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	63	83.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	18	74.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	29	42.5 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	32	16.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	14	9 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	13	8 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	13	9 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	15	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	33	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	40	0.73 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	26	0.93 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	93	2.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	101	19.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	103	10.7 %	2020
Total fertility rate	37	3.46 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	20	3.84	2025
Urbanization - urban population	102	57.7	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	56	27.9	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	58	20.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	57	23	0
Transportation
Airports	95	30	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	78	211000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	133	11	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	121	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	98	3988 km	2018
Roadways - total	115	12253 km	2018
Waterways	61	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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritania 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritania 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.