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International Rankings of Mauritania - 2023


SOURCE: 2023 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 57 0.40 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 166 18457 2020
Internet users - percent of population 59 59.00 % 2021
Internet users - total 123 2.714 million 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 58 1.00 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 146 58094 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 23 141.00 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 113 6.512 million 2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures 165 1.407 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget - revenues 154 1.617 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 38 0.80 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 133 807.862 million US Dollars 2021
Debt - external 140 4.150 billion US Dollars 2017
Exchange rates 74 36.06 N/A
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 39.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 40 21.80 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 92 64.90 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 168 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 71 3.20 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 21 27.80 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 70 29.30 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 165 42.90 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 93 33 % 2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 64 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 149 4.312 billion US Dollars 2021
Industrial production growth rate 181 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 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry 133 2 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services 114 48 % 2014
Population below poverty line 56 31 % 2014
Public debt 28 96.60 % 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 27.40 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 56 11.46 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 56 27.90 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 58 20.80 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 57 23.00 N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 125 4.041 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 142 4.041 million 2019
Electricity - consumption 151 1.577 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 141 656000 kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 142 245.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 67 73.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 92 11.90 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 14 8.10 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 37 6.80 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 144 13.558 million Btu/person 2019
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 estimated reserves 75 20.000 million bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 124 27500 bbl/day 2019
Refined petroleum products - imports 134 17290 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 137 3 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 112 6 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 26 41 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 96 39 2018
Land use - other 34 61 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 36 38 2018
Revenue from forest resources 47 1 % 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 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 102 58 2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually 95 454000.00 tons 2009
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually 89 36320 tons 2009
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled 63 8.00 % 2009
Geography
Area - land 31 1.031 million sq km N/A
Area - total 32 1.031 million sq km N/A
Coastline 92 754 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 139 915 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 113 276 meters N/A
Irrigated land 112 450 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 39 5002 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 96 39 2018
Land use - other 34 61 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 36 38 2018
Population Density 225 4.12 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 27 3 % of GDP 2022
Population
Birth rate 36 27.61 births/1,000 population 2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 18 19 % 2018
Contraceptive prevalence rate 125 11.50 % 1920
Current health expenditure 81 3 % 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 6.00 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 31 16.80 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 19 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 27 32 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - total 36 15 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 52 1 % of population N/A
Education expenditures 66 2 % of GDP 2020
Gross reproduction rate 30 1.71 % 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 N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 18 49.95 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 181 68 years 2023
Life expectancy at birth - male 187 63 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 183 66 years N/A
Literacy - female 98 62 % 2021
Literacy - male 78 72 % N/A
Literacy - total population 88 67 % N/A
Maternal mortality ratio 16 465.00 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
Median age - female 137 22 years 2020
Median age - male 134 20 years N/A
Median age - total 132 21 years N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth 60 22 1921
Net migration rate 107 0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 98 12.70 % 2016
Physicians density 143 0.19 physicians/1,000 population 2018
Population 128 4.245 million 2023
Population growth rate 38 1.96 % 2023
Sanitation facility access - improved 63 84 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 18 75 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 29 43 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 32 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 13 8 years N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 13 9 years N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 15 1.01 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 33 0.90 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 40 0.73 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 10 1.03 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 26 0.93 male(s)/female N/A
Tobacco use - female 93 2 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 101 19 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 103 11 % 2020
Total fertility rate 37 3.46 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 20 3.84 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 102 58 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 56 27.90 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 58 20.80 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 57 23.00 N/A
Transportation
Airports 96 30 2021
Airports - with unpaved runways 78 21 N/A
Merchant marine - total 132 11 N/A
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 6.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 27 1 2020
Roadways - paved 97 3988 km 2018
Roadways - total 113 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.

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