Mauritania
General information
Capital: Nouakchott
Currency unit: Ouguiya
Area: 1,030,700 km²
Total population: 5,169,400
GDP (millions of US dollars): 10,908
GDP per capita, PPP (current international US dollars): 7,369
Production
Agriculture (% of GDP): 21.0 %
Manufacture (% of GDP): 5.4 %
Industry excluding manufacture (% of GDP): 27.6 %
Services (% of GDP): 46.0 %
Trade
Total exports (millions of US dollars): 4,055
Total imports (millions of US dollars): 5,370
Main exported goods (% of total exports):
Iron ore and concentrates (35.1 %)
Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) (27.9 %)
Fish, fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen (12.2 %)
Fish, aqua. invertebrates, prepared, preserved (10.1 %)
Copper ores and concentrates; copper mattes, cemen (5.1 %)