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 %)
Market
| 2020 | Mauritania | |
|---|---|---|
| Market | 49 | |
| Size and dynamics Mauritania: 42 | 42 | |
| Potential demand Mauritania: 62 | 62 |