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Society profile

Mauritania

Mauritania: 43 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 5.3 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 42.4%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 54.4%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 3.2%World Bank2025 Female share of population 50.9%World Bank2025 Urban population 61.5%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 4.6World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 87.6World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 68.7yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 30.2‰World Bank2024 Net migration -5 044World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 59.5%World Bank2020 Secondary school enrolment 36.0%World Bank2020 Tertiary enrolment 6.0%World Bank2020 Education spending 7.6%World Bank2024

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $7 676$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $7 640$World Bank2025 Gini index 32.0World Bank2019 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 10.2%World Bank2019 Income share held by richest 10% 24.6%World Bank2019

Health

Suicide rate 2.7per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 4.3%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 45.8%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 92.1per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 52.2%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 1.0tWorld Bank2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey56.4%Afrobarometer2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey54.3%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in parliament survey47.5%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the police survey58.3%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the courts survey52.8%Afrobarometer2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 23.3%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey77.5%Afrobarometer2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey54.1%Afrobarometer2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey20.9%Afrobarometer2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 10.3%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 22.9%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 26.2%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 56.6%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 57.4%World Bank2025

Safety

Intentional homicides 1.0per 100kWorld Bank2020 Feels safe walking alone at night survey40.0%Afrobarometer2022

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey22.9%Afrobarometer2022

Socially closest countries

  1. Panama83%
  2. Uganda82%
  3. Benin81%
  4. Pakistan80%
  5. India80%
  6. Iran, Islamic Rep.80%

Distance is computed on 9 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.