PAINTMAPS.comGeneral Information for Mauritania | |
| What is the capital city of Mauritania ? | Nouakchott |
| What is the total area of Mauritania ? (km2) | 1.030.700 |
| What is the population in Mauritania ? (2020) | 4.649.658 |
| What is the median age in Mauritania ? | 20 |
| What is the iso country code for Mauritania ? (2lt) | MR |
| What is the iso country code for Mauritania ? (3lt) | MRT |
| What continent is Mauritania in ? | Africa |
| What currency is used in Mauritania ? | Mauritanian Ouguiya |
| What is the currency code for Mauritania ? | MRO |
| What is the tel code for Mauritania ? | +222 |
| What language use in Mauritania ? | Arabic |
| What is the language code for Arabic ? | AR |
| What is the internet TLD code for Mauritania ? | .mr |
| Where is the highest place in Mauritania ? | Kediet ej Jill (915 m.) |
| Where is the lowest place in Mauritania ? | Sebkha de Ndrhamcha (-5 m.) |
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Worldbank Country Statistics for Mauritania | |
 Primary education, duration (years) | 6 |
| Primary school starting age (years) | 6 |
| Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$) | 400 |
| Cost to import, border compliance (US$) | 580 |
| Time to export, documentary compliance (hours) | 50,7 |
| Time to export, border compliance (hours) | 62 |
| Cost to export, documentary compliance (US$) | 92 |
| Cost to export, border compliance (US$) | 749 |
| Time required to get electricity (days) | 67 |
| Public credit registry coverage (% of adults) | 8,4 |
| Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults) | 0 |
| Depth of credit information index (0=low to 8=high) | 6 |
| Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations) | 152 |
| Business extent of disclosure index (0=less disclosure to 10=more disclosure) | 6 |
| Distance to frontier score (0=lowest performance to 100=frontier) | 51,0629 |
| PPG, bilateral (INT, current US$) | 44.943.600 |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) | 20,26 |
| Secondary education, duration (years) | 7 |
| Lower secondary school starting age (years) | 12 |
| Procedures to build a warehouse (number) | 14 |
| Time required to build a warehouse (days) | 104 |
| Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) | 67 |
| Profit tax (% of commercial profits) | 0 |
| Tax payments (number) | 33 |
| Other taxes payable by businesses (% of commercial profits) | 56,7 |
| Labor tax and contributions (% of commercial profits) | 10,3 |
| Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours) | 270 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, male (number) | 4 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, female (number) | 4 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business (number) | 4 |
| Time required to start a business, male (days) | 6 |
| Time required to start a business, female (days) | 6 |
| Time required to start a business (days) | 6 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita) | 0 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, male (% of GNI per capita) | 15,8 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, female (% of GNI per capita) | 15,8 |
| Procedures to register property (number) | 4 |
| Time required to register property (days) | 49 |
| Time required to enforce a contract (days) | 370 |
| Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 12=strong) | 2 |
| Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) | 64 |
| Time to import, border compliance (hours) | 69 |
| PPG, private creditors (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, other private creditors (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, bonds (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, official creditors (INT, current US$) | 99.083.700 |
| PPG, multilateral (INT, current US$) | 54.140.100 |
| Interest payments on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (INT, current US$) | 0 |
| Interest payments on external debt, long-term (INT, current US$) | 99.083.700 |
| Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 10,322 |
| Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 9,111 |
| Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 12,959 |
| PPG, private creditors (DIS, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, other private creditors (DIS, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (DIS, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, official creditors (DIS, current US$) | 667.988.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (DIS, current US$) | 323.450.000 |
| Disbursements on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DIS, current US$) | 667.988.000 |
| Disbursements on external debt, long-term (DIS, current US$) | 667.988.000 |
| PPG, bilateral (DIS, current US$) | 344.538.000 |
| PPG, private creditors (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, other private creditors (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, bonds (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, official creditors (AMT, current US$) | 377.092.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (AMT, current US$) | 195.783.000 |
| Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 16,01 |
| Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 15,113 |
| Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 17,897 |
| Labor force, total | 1.258.540 |
| Labor force, female (% of total labor force) | 31,7127 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 46,253 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 63,17 |
| Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 46,253 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 29,218 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 47,449 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 64,307 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 30,228 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 24,775 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 33,102 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 16,198 |
| Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 33,854 |
| Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 31,519 |
| Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 39,163 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (AMT, current US$) | 377.092.000 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, long-term (AMT, current US$) | 377.092.000 |
| PPG, bilateral (AMT, current US$) | 181.309.000 |
| Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 11,165 |
| Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 13,068 |
| Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 6,838 |
| GDP per person employed (constant 2011 PPP $) | 15.087,9 |
| Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 8,489 |
| Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 6,223 |
| Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 13,638 |
| Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 44,832 |
| Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 50,837 |
| Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 31,181 |
| Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 52,452 |
| Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 45,629 |
| Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 67,96 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 41,479 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 57,415 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 25,432 |
| Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 55,168 |
| Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 49,163 |
| Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 68,819 |
| Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 2,716 |
| Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 3,533 |
| Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,858 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 20,809 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 28,099 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 13,299 |
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 54,981 |
| Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 55,413 |
| Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 53,999 |
| Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) | 0,848841 |
| Personal remittances, received (current US$) | 64.458.900 |
| Personal transfers, receipts (BoP, current US$) | 64.458.900 |
| Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) | 347.508.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) | -11,6354 |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) | -883.561.000 |
| Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) | 5,43422 |
| Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) | 34,9032 |
| Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) | 2.718.350.000 |
| Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) | 5.927,65 |
| Service exports (BoP, current US$) | 205.489.000 |
| Goods exports (BoP, current US$) | 2.319.240.000 |
| Insurance and financial services (% of service exports, BoP) | 0,524167 |
| Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) | 2.524.730.000 |
| Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) | 193.620.000 |
| Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) | 40,5011 |
| Net capital account (BoP, current US$) | 22.349.400 |
| Net secondary income (BoP, current US$) | 316.167.000 |
| Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$) | 187.307.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) | 883.561.000 |
| Net errors and omissions (BoP, current US$) | 1.790.390.000 |
| Net trade in goods (BoP, current US$) | -570.216.000 |
| Net trade in goods and services (BoP, current US$) | -1.158.210.000 |
| Net primary income (BoP, current US$) | 10.935.100 |
| Net financial account (BoP, current US$) | 981.635.000 |
| Current account balance (% of GDP) | -10,9446 |
| Current account balance (BoP, current US$) | -831.106.000 |
| Personal remittances, paid (current US$) | 10.091.800 |
| Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$) | 25.459.600 |
| Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP) | 0,0629289 |
| Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) | 4.778.670 |
| Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) | 3,95318 |
| Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) | 7,1 |
| Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) | 39,676 |
| Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) | 3.865.620.000 |
| Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) | 2.131.530 |
| Service imports (BoP, current US$) | 793.482.000 |
| Goods imports (BoP, current US$) | 2.889.460.000 |
| Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) | 0,415377 |
| Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) | 3.682.940.000 |
| Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) | 182.684.000 |
| Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) | 7,38118 |
| Trade in services (% of GDP) | 13,1552 |