Mauritania: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Mauritania — 262 indicators across 11 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
0.44
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.09
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
1.08
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
1.05M
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
1.07
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
11,205.91
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
1.03M
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
373.54
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.01
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
115.14
Economy (35)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2021
-4.41
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
1.89
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2021
7.52
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
2.93
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.02
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
6.61
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2024
19.33
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.67
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
41.41
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
1.19
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2024
8.73B
GDP (current US$)
2024
10.91B
GDP growth (annual %)
2024
6.31
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2024
1,688.61
GDP per capita (current US$)
2024
2,110.12
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2024
3.29
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
6,482.69
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
7,368.75
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
33.51B
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2024
38.09B
GNI (current US$)
2024
10.80B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
2,120.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
7,300.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
10.95B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2024
37.73B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
52.19
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2024
30.51
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2024
3.86
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
2.49
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
9.59
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2024
42.43
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
11.45
Trade (% of GDP)
2024
93.60
Education (8)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
9.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2024
7.61
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2020
59.53
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2024
105.43
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2020
36.03
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
7.00
Energy (9)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
49.40
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
20.30
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
75.30
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
50.30
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2012
0.80
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
93.50
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
19.36
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
271.21M
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
19.36
Environment (45)
Bird species, threatened
2022
24.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
608.75
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
5.01
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
0.97
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.47
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.56
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.41
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.86
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.70
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
-0.89
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2024
0.57
Fish species, threatened
2022
78.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
18.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
97.50
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
9.31
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
7.33
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.29
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.71
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.02
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.96
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
90.69
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.38
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.11
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.04
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.09
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.04
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.08
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
70.82
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
100.00
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
1.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
4.87
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
21.00
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
1.46
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
1.00
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
0.60
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
162.73
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
17.51
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
3.39
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
19.54
Health & Population (109)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
87.57
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
84.98
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
5.97
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
79.01
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
28,422.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
34.03
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
46.76
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
7.19
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
42.70
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
3.36
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
4.34
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
5.41
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
5.20
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
4.63
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2006
0.40
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
86.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
86.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
93.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
3.80
International migrant stock, total
2024
195,937.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
70.73
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
66.70
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
68.71
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
1.73
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
58.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
381.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
25.60
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
18.70
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
20.90
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
16.10
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
128.40
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
133.10
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
121.70
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
0.50
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
0.35
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
0.65
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
37.80
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
151.87
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
202.63
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
30.20
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
26.80
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
33.40
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
20.80
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
36.90
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
33.00
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
40.70
Net migration
2025
-5,044.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
355.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
689.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
689.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
595.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
5,244.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
660.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
3,660.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
6,361.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2024
16.19
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
77.28
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
58.68
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2022
0.26
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
42.71
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
1.09M
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
41.39
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
1.12M
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
44.08
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
2.21M
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
54.06
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
1.45M
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
55.16
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
1.34M
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
52.91
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
2.79M
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
3.23
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
90,723.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
3.44
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
76,166.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
3.00
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
166,889.00
Population growth (annual %)
2024
2.88
Population, female
2024
2.63M
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
50.95
Population, male
2024
2.54M
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
49.05
Population, total
2024
5.17M
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
65.50
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
54.50
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
53.90
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
54.50
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
2.70
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
6.10
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
4.00
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
7.40
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2025
23.30
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
38,111.00
Rural population
2024
2.04M
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
39.39
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
0.64
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.03
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
2.71
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
1.72
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
3.74
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
75.23
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
67.00
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
0.00
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
0.00
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
0.00
UHC service coverage index
2023
40.00
Urban population
2024
3.13M
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
60.61
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
4.37
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
32.12
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
29.46
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
33.36
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
26.18
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
56.61
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
10.32
Poverty & Inequality (2)
Public Sector (1)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (33)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2024
13.20
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
1.44B
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2024
9.45
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
4.15B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
4.07B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
14.04
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
60.70
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
22.88
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.15
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.68
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
8.47
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.23
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
6.89
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
32.40
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
6.89
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
4.82B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
4.82B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
26.83
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
65.27
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
15.35
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
2.57
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
5.11
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
7.99
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
2.30
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.41
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
33.32
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.41
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
82.14
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
2023
3.91
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
69.30M
Real interest rate (%)
2017
15.18
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.