Mauritania
General information
Capital: Nouakchott
Currency unit: Mauritanian ouguiya
Official language: Arabic
Area: 1,030,700 km²
Population in million: 4,403,320.0
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 1,189
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 4,151
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 46.3
Annual growth rate of the population: 2.8 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 51.5 %
Life expectancy at birth: 64.5 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 53 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 5,234,820,000.00
Agriculture value added of GDP: 25.9
Industry value added of GDP: 26.1
Services value added of GDP: 8.4
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 3,103,210.00
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 4,740,960.00
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other packing containers of paper (0.07 %)
Tubes and pipes, seamless, of iron or steel (0.00 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Frozen fish (12.09 %)
Molluscs (8.05 %)
Fresh or chilled fish (1.81 %)
Animal meals, unfit for human consumption (1.46 %)
Fats and oils (0.29 %)
Global Sustainable Competitiveness Indicator
The indicator highlights the scores of each of the three pillars of the sustainable competitiveness. A larger area means a higher score (0-100) and therefore a more favorable economic situation.
| 2020 | Mauritania | |
|---|---|---|
| Global Sustainable Competitiveness Indicator | 53 | |
| National attractiveness Mauritania: 41 | 41 | |
| Price competitiveness Mauritania: 77 | 77 | |
| Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities Mauritania: 42 | 42 | |
| Revealed competitivenes and economic performances Mauritania: - | - |
National attractiveness
| 2020 | Mauritania | |
|---|---|---|
| National attractiveness | 41 | |
| Infrastructures Mauritania: 39 | 39 | |
| Market Mauritania: 49 | 49 | |
| Human and financial capital Mauritania: 22 | 22 | |
| Political and economic governance Mauritania: 43 | 43 |
Price competitiveness
| Mauritania | ||
|---|---|---|
| Price competitiveness | 77 | |
| Macroeconomic competitiveness Mauritania: 59 | 59 | |
| Products competitiveness Mauritania: 65 | 65 |
Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities
| 2020 | Mauritania | |
|---|---|---|
| Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities | 42 | |
| Economical vulnerability Mauritania: 74 | 74 | |
| Physical Vulnerability to Climate Change Index (PVCCI) Mauritania: 64 | 64 | |
| Internal Violence Index (IVI) Mauritania: 12 | 12 |
Revealed competitivenes and economic performances
| Mauritania | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revealed competitivenes and economic performances | - | |
| Weighted market shares index of the 5 major exported primary products (except oil and ores) Mauritania: 655 | 655 | |
| Weighted market shares index of the 5 major exported manufactured products Mauritania: >2,000 | >2,000 |