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IndicatorMRTMauritaniaSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.51rank #99
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile29rank #156
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.23rank #102
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.14rank #126
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.63rank #87
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile36.9rank #158
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.51rank #99
Military spending% GDP2.2%rank #47
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.22rank #99
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile56.3rank #148
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile42.6rank #162
Rule of Law0-100 percentile42.1rank #155
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.12rank #140
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.33rank #97
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.13rank #120
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile40.7rank #148
Women in parliament% seats23.3%rank #100
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.54rank #120
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment32.1%rank #53
Agriculture value added% GDP20%rank #30
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker85,245.9rank #112
Current account balance% GDP-9.6%rank #145
Employment-to-population ratio%36.3%rank #170
External debt stocks% GNI41.8%rank #51
FDI net inflows% GDP13.2%rank #11
GDPcurrent US$11.68Brank #147
GDP growth%4%rank #70
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$2,197.5rank #151
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $6,559rank #140
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $6,267.5rank #140
Gross capital formation% GDP44.3%rank #2
Gross savings% GDP34.4%rank #21
High-technology exports% manuf. exports9.4%rank #59
Human capital indexindex1.8rank #124
Industry value added% GDP29.7%rank #45
Inflation%1.5%rank #48
Labour force participation rate%40.6%rank #170
Personal remittances received% GDP0.87%rank #107
R&D expenditure% GDP0.01%rank #93
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.43rank #97
Trade openness% GDP94%rank #52
Unemployment% labor force10.3%rank #147
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%10.4%rank #149
Vulnerable employment% employment53.3%rank #134
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2422.9%rank #146
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2422.8%rank #146
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop77.3%rank #141
Basic sanitation access% pop58.7%rank #138
Child mortalityper 1003.7rank #111
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,909.4rank #97
DTP3 immunization coverage%86%rank #14
Health spending% GDP4.3%rank #145
Infant mortalityper 1k births30.2rank #107
Life expectancyyears68.7rank #164
Maternal mortalityper 100k381rank #103
Measles immunization% children93%rank #7
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%93%rank #7
Physiciansper 1k0.26rank #89
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m346.5rank #185
Road traffic deathsper 100k25.6rank #102
Smoking prevalence% adults9.9%rank #23
Suicide mortality rateper 100k2.7rank #25
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k65rank #83
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births36.9rank #148
Undernourishment% pop8.7%rank #31
Education
Adult literacy%59.5%rank #41
Education spending% GDP7.6%rank #4
Expected years of schoolingyears7.9rank #186
Mean years of schoolingyears4.9rank #170
Primary completion rate% relevant age73.4%rank #120
Primary enrollment% gross105.4%rank #34
Secondary enrollment% gross36%rank #144
Tertiary enrollment% gross6%rank #129
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00034rank #13
Fertility ratebirths/woman4.6rank #11
Median age of populationyears17.1rank #206
Net migration rateper 1,0000.6rank #80
Populationpeople5.32Mrank #125
Population growth%2.8%rank #18
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years73.5rank #158
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands9,415.6rank #102
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age86.1rank #11
Urban population%61.5%rank #112
Climate
CO₂ emissionst5.24Mrank #137
CO₂ per capitat1rank #152
Electricity access% pop52.2%rank #66
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation10.1%rank #96
Electricity from solar% generation7.7%rank #54
Electricity from wind% generation4.8%rank #50
Forest area% land0.29%rank #202
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita3rank #59
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh512.1rank #110
Renewable electricity%22.7%rank #106
Renewable energy share%19.6%rank #32
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e15.2rank #59
Society
Asylum seekerspeople28,438rank #142
Extreme poverty% pop10.2%rank #30
Female labor participation%26.2%rank #168
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000.95rank #130
Gender Development Indexratio0.89rank #91
Gender Inequality Index0-10.6rank #142
Gini indexindex32rank #26
Homicide rateper 100k1rank #36
Human Development Index0-10.56rank #130
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.37rank #116
Internet users% pop45.8%rank #148
Life satisfaction0-104.5rank #117
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.54rank #101
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #128
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.03rank #92
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.15rank #129
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.53rank #153
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people301,490rank #26
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people43,906rank #142
Youth NEET rate%37%rank #170
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year3rank #3
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-104.3rank #37
Human hazard & exposure0-103.9rank #33
INFORM risk score0-105.5rank #44
Lack of coping capacity0-106.6rank #56
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-106.3rank #54
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-106.8rank #47
Natural hazard & exposure0-104.6rank #33
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year3rank #3
Socio-economic vulnerability0-106.4rank #61
Vulnerability0-105.9rank #47
Vulnerable groups0-105.4rank #49
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