International statistics Basic indicators: Mauritania

Data from selected international sources
Indicator Unit Year Value
Land area km220221,030,700
GDP, current prices bn US$202410.7
GDP per capita, current prices US$20242,362
GDP (annual change), constant prices %20244.6
Inflation (annual change of CPI) %20242.3
Gross value added: Agriculture % of GDP202318.7
Gross value added: Industry % of GDP202330.6
Gross value added: Services % of GDP202343.8
Population 1,00020235,022.4
Population, female % of total202351.0
Population density inhab. per km220225
Population aged under 15 years % of total population202343.0
Population aged 65 years and older % of total population20233.2
Fertility rate, total births per woman20234.70
Life expectancy at birth - men years202366.5
Life expectancy at birth - women years202370.5
Density of physicians per 10,000 inhabitants20222
Hospital beds per 10,000 inhabitants20064
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 life births202331
Pupil-teacher ratio (primary) number201834
Pupil-teacher ratio (secondary) number201826
Student enrollment, tertiary per 100,000 inhabitants2020531
Public expenditure on education % of GDP20234.8
Labour force participation rate %202440.9
Labour force 1,00020241,210
Self-employed persons %202357.5
Unemployment rate %202410.4
Youth unemployment rate %202423.2
GNI per capita, Atlas method US$20232,130
Industrial production - Manufacturing index 2010 = 1002014117.5
Industrial production index, manufacturing industry 2010 = 1002014113.7
Agricultural land % of land area202238.5
Arable land and permanent crops % of land area20220.4
Forest area % of land area20220.3
Import of goods, total bn US$20234.8
Export of goods, total bn US$20234.1
Import of goods from Germany mn US$202391.1
Export of goods to Germany mn US$202334.2
Exports of goods and services % of GDP202338.3
Road traffic deaths per 100,000 inhab.201926
Pump price for gasoline (petrol) US$ per litre20161.13
Rail route length km2021728
CO2 emissions metric t per capita20230.90
Resident patent applications per mn inhab.20230
Research and development expenditure % of GDP20180.0
Telephone lines per 100 inhab.20230.6
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhab.202390.8
Internet users per 100 inhab.202337.4
Fixed broadband internet subscribers per 100 inhab.20230.6
Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhab.202359.7

As at 22 May 2025

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