Mauritania

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Key facts

  • Currency: Mauritanian ouguiya
  • Capital city: Nouakchott
  • Region: Western Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 1,030,700 km²
  • Population: 4,736,139
  • Political Leader: Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (President)

Latest news

The EU-Mauritania migration deal is destined to fail

Read: Al Jazeera

2024-03-26

4 migrants are found dead and 64 are rescued as a Mauritanian boat reaches Spain's Canary Islands

Read: The Washington Times

2024-03-06

The EU announces 210 million euros in aid to help Mauritania combat irregular migration

Read: The Washington Times

2024-02-08

EU leaders converge in the African nation of Mauritania to address surge in migrant crossings

Read: Fox News

2024-02-08

Cape Verde into Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals after beating Mauritania

Read: Independent

2024-01-29

Cape Verde edge past Mauritania to book AFCON quarter-final spot

Read: Sky Sports

2024-01-29

Afcon 2023: Cape Verde 1-0 Mauritania - Ryan Mendes penalty sends Blue Sharks to quarter-finals

Read: BBC

2024-01-29

Metrics

Business

GDP 9,780,860,000.00 current US$
Inflation 9.53 annual %
Self-employed 73.02 % of total employment
Unemployment 10.79 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 65.95 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 397,100.00 km²
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 3,847.10 kt
Fertility rate 4.40 births per woman
Forest area 3,073 km²
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 275.65 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 13.80 years
Methane emissions 6,896.75 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 3,273.34 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 2,414,911
Male Population 2,321,228
Renewable energy consumption 23.44 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 1,045,550.00 km²
Rural population 2,040,187
Urban land area 373.54 km²
Urban population 2,695,952
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 19.54 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 33.19 per 1,000 people
Death rate 7.44 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 59.05 current US$
Health expenditure 3.36 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.13 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 0.40 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 64 years
Suicide mortality rate 3.10 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 47.70 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 58.76 % of population
Net migration 3,000
Press freedom 2.47


Politics

Armed forces personnel 21,000
Democracy score 3.82
Democracy type Authoritarian
Military expenditure 2.27 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 20.26 %


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Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 3 days ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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