Mauritania Analytics

Mauritania is a mid-size country with 0.1% of the world's population. Mauritania is a republic country. It has 2 world heritage sites.

LANGUAGES

Official Language:
1. Arabic : 3,359,185
2. French : 705,500

Mother Tongue : Arabic

Literacy Rate (%) : 53.5

Details

Country Capital	:	Nauakchott
GDP Per capita	:	2,057
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	143^rd/195
Life Expectancy	:	64
Unemployment Rate	:	11
Number of Internet Users	:	2,714,000
Internet Users Rank	:	120^th/195
Area	:	99
Area Rank	:	27^th/195
Total Population	:	4,615
Total Population Rank	:	124^th/195

Continent: Africa

Cities with > 100K popln: 2

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Mauritania Highlights

Mauritania is the 124^th ranked country in population and 27^th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world.Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Better than World Average-

1. Mauritania is the 12^th highest ranked in HIV Infections (Per 1000) out of 195 countries in the world. This implies a poorer healthcare infrastructure in the country or lesser health awareness among people compared to other countries.

Worse than World Average-

1. Mauritania is the 16^th worst ranked in Literacy Rate (%) out of 195 countries in the world. This indicates that the educational infrastructure in this country is worse than it is in other countries.
2. The average Pharmacists (Per 10,000) of the countries in the world is 4. Mauritania is the 25^th worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, Mauritania is the 28^th worst ranked in Total No. of Pharmacists . This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population

Mauritania Metrics

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Nature

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Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Soninke	# People	5,328	4	1127
2	Soninke as a % of total Soninke speakers	% People	0	4	1127
3	French	# People	596,219	12	1127
4	Fula as a % of total Fula speakers	% People	0	13	1126
5	Arabic as a % of total Arabic speakers	% People	0	15	1125
6	Arabic	# People	1,760,925	17	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Fula	# People	188,175	16	1230
2	Berber	# People	116,117	6	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	1M+ Cities per 100000 ( 1M+ Cities/ Tot Pop.)* 100000		0	7	1130
2	1M+ Cities Ratio ( 1M+ Cities/ # Cities> 100000)		0	8	1126
3	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	41	87	1125
4	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	15	24	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	85	172	1231
2	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	132	1232
3	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1232
4	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1234
5	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	123	1234
6	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1231
7	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	65	1230
8	Urban Population (2021)	# People	22,563,215	121	1230
9	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	59	114	1233
10	# Cities>1M	# Cities	2	46	1235
11	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	105	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	HIV Infections (Per 1000)	People Per 1,000	0	12	1127
2	Nurses to doctor ratio	Ratio	2	28	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	171	1234
2	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	14,339	168	1235
3	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	71	153	1230
4	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	20	151	1232
5	Total No. of Doctors	# People	73,975	137	1232
6	Nurses(per 10000)	People per 10000	44	135	1230
7	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	135	1233
8	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	128	1234
9	#Dentists	# People	13,328	131	1235
10	Total Nursing	# People	163,061	129	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	17	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	51	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	1	21	1126
2	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	49	42	1129
3	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	0	42	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	342	187	1234
2	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	153	1235
3	Male Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,393	126	1235
4	Total Population (2021)	# People (In Thousands)	40,345	124	1233
5	Female Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,160	124	1232
6	Births	# People (In Thousands)	688	95	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	24	52	1128
2	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	24	52	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	174	1232
2	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	24	154	1235
3	Formal Jobs	# People	10,227,722	149	1231
4	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	145	1230
5	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	14,402,736	140	1234
6	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	19,636,200	139	1235
7	Employment in Services	# People	9,747,273	138	1230
8	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	75	127	1230
9	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	55	106	1230
10	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	55	106	1232
11	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,233,463	105	1232
12	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	104	1232
13	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	82	1233
14	Unemployment Rate.	% People	13	36	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		45	54	1126
2	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		52	61	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	155	1233
2	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	131	1231
3	GDP (Billions USD) 2022	$ Billions	531	145	1235
4	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,253	143	1232
5	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	117	1234
6	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	182,282	123	1230
7	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	110	1234
8	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	184,833	120	1234
9	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	81	1232
10	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	7,895	82	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	180	1231
2	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	158	1231
3	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	143	1235
4	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	143	1231
5	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	140	1233
6	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,125,548	138	1230
7	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	130	1233
8	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	129	1233
9	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	126	1235
10	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	114	1234
11	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	109	1233
12	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	107	1235
13	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	99	1233
14	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	39	1232
15	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	29	1233
16	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	21	1231
17	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	17	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Tree density.	Density	22,685	179	1235
2	Tree density .	Density	828	151	1232
3	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	132	1233
4	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	147	1230
5	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	146	1233
6	Potatoes prod.	Weight	2,516,782	137	1235
7	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	109	1235
8	Onion prod.	Weight	759,968	115	1231
9	Wheat prod.	Weight	6,681,335	104	1232
10	Barley prod.	Weight	1,558,004	91	1234
11	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	65	1231
12	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Weight	833,178	73	1231
13	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	52	1234
14	Rice prod.	Weight	6,871,329	52	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	# People	34	172	1233
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	# People	0	143	1231
3	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	# People	29	157	1230
4	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	76	155	1235
5	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	# People	16	155	1230
6	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	# People	0	128	1233
7	LinkedIn users	# People	5,792,754	146	1231
8	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	60	142	1232
9	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	# People	14	142	1231
10	Twitter users	# People	3,240,046	134	1230
11	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	66	130	1233
12	Facebook users	# People	17,943,893	121	1230
13	Internet Users	# People	25,030,008	120	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	110	1235
2	Islamic Population	# People	9,744,062	51	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	123	1235
2	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	116	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	121	1232
2	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	99	1235
3	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	101	1235
4	Total Military Force	# People	122,909	101	1232
5	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	0	69	1234
6	Lawyers Per 100K	People Per 100K	129	37	1234

Mauritania Language Details

Sr.	Language	% of people speaking the language in country.
1	Arabic	72.79 %
2	French	15.29 %
3	Soninke	2.84 %
4	Fula	1.26 %
5	Berber	1.26 %

Sr.	City	Total City Population (2023)
1	Nouadhibou	152,592
2	Nouakchott	1,237,262