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Mauritania
Sub-Saharan Africa · Lower middle income · capital Nouakchott
Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old68.7years
Ranks 164 of 217 in 2024
8% below world median · 7% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old36.9per 1,000 live births
Ranks 148 of 196 in 2024
1.5× above world median · 25% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old381per 100,000 live births
Ranks 180 of 194 in 2023
7.1× above world median · 48% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2022 · 4 years old25.1% of under-5s
Ranks 23 of 32 in 2022
25% above world median · 4% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 32 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old4.34% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
31% below world median · about the same Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old4.63births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
1.4× above world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2020 · 6 years old59.5% of adults 15+
Ranks 41 of 42 in 2020
37% below world median · 16% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 42 countries reporting in 2020 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2024 · 2 years old105.4% gross
Ranks 34 of 134 in 2024
6% above world median · 7% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education spending
2024 · 2 years old7.61% of GDP
Ranks 4 of 40 in 2024
79% above world median · 65% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 40 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old2,198current US$
Ranks 151 of 186 in 2025
72% below world median · 63% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old7,676international $
Ranks 140 of 185 in 2025
62% below world median · 73% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Extreme poverty
2019 · 7 years old10.2% of population
Ranks 69 of 78 in 2019
9.7× above world median · 83% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 78 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure
Income inequality (Gini)
2019 · 7 years old32.0index, 0–100
Ranks 31 of 78 in 2019
5% below world median · 25% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 78 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old10.3% of labour force
Ranks 148 of 182 in 2025
1.0× above world median · 100% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old1.5% per year
Not ranked — no better end
49% below world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Military spending
2024 · 2 years old2.16% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
36% above world median
Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old52.2% of population
Ranks 200 of 215 in 2024
48% below world median · 10% below Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old45.8% of population
Ranks 150 of 182 in 2024
44% below world median · 24% above Sub-Saharan Africa
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old0.97t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
62% below world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old5.3mpeople
Not ranked — no better end
19% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Mauritania has no figure in this dataset for Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.