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	1128
2	Soninke as a % of total Soninke speakers	% People	0	4	1125
3	French	# People	596,219	12	1126
4	Fula as a % of total Fula speakers	% People	0	13	1129
5	Arabic as a % of total Arabic speakers	% People	0	15	1128
6	Arabic	# People	1,760,925	17	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Fula	# People	188,175	16	1232
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	1127
2	1M+ Cities Ratio ( 1M+ Cities/ # Cities> 100000)		0	8	1130
3	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	41	87	1125
4	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	15	24	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	85	172	1233
2	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	132	1231
3	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1232
4	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1232
5	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	123	1231
6	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1233
7	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	65	1233
8	Urban Population (2021)	# People	22,563,215	121	1235
9	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	59	114	1233
10	# Cities>1M	# Cities	2	46	1233
11	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	105	1235

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	1126
2	Nurses to doctor ratio	Ratio	2	28	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	171	1235
2	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	14,339	168	1232
3	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	71	153	1235
4	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	20	151	1234
5	Total No. of Doctors	# People	73,975	137	1233
6	Nurses(per 10000)	People per 10000	44	135	1235
7	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	135	1230
8	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	128	1230
9	#Dentists	# People	13,328	131	1232
10	Total Nursing	# People	163,061	129	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	17	1127
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	1125
2	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	49	42	1126
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	1235
2	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	153	1232
3	Male Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,393	126	1231
4	Total Population (2021)	# People (In Thousands)	40,345	124	1230
5	Female Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,160	124	1234
6	Births	# People (In Thousands)	688	95	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	24	52	1125
2	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	24	52	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	174	1235
2	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	24	154	1233
3	Formal Jobs	# People	10,227,722	149	1234
4	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	145	1231
5	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	14,402,736	140	1234
6	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	19,636,200	139	1232
7	Employment in Services	# People	9,747,273	138	1230
8	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	75	127	1235
9	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	55	106	1235
10	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	55	106	1235
11	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,233,463	105	1232
12	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	104	1235
13	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	82	1232
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	1130
2	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		52	61	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	155	1232
2	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	131	1232
3	GDP (Billions USD) 2022	$ Billions	531	145	1234
4	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,253	143	1234
5	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	117	1230
6	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	182,282	123	1235
7	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	110	1235
8	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	184,833	120	1233
9	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	81	1231
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	1232
2	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	158	1233
3	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	143	1232
4	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	143	1233
5	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	140	1234
6	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,125,548	138	1235
7	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	130	1231
8	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	129	1235
9	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	126	1235
10	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	114	1231
11	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	109	1232
12	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	107	1230
13	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	99	1230
14	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	39	1233
15	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	29	1234
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	1234
2	Tree density .	Density	828	151	1234
3	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	132	1231
4	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	147	1234
5	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	146	1231
6	Potatoes prod.	Weight	2,516,782	137	1231
7	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	109	1234
8	Onion prod.	Weight	759,968	115	1234
9	Wheat prod.	Weight	6,681,335	104	1233
10	Barley prod.	Weight	1,558,004	91	1230
11	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	65	1233
12	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Weight	833,178	73	1230
13	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	52	1230
14	Rice prod.	Weight	6,871,329	52	1230

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	1230
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	# People	0	143	1230
3	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	# People	29	157	1233
4	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	76	155	1234
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	1234
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	1234
11	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	66	130	1230
12	Facebook users	# People	17,943,893	121	1235
13	Internet Users	# People	25,030,008	120	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	110	1232
2	Islamic Population	# People	9,744,062	51	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	123	1231
2	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	116	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	121	1233
2	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	99	1232
3	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	101	1231
4	Total Military Force	# People	122,909	101	1233
5	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	0	69	1235
6	Lawyers Per 100K	People Per 100K	129	37	1232

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