Country profile
Mauritania
Africa · Capital: Nouakchott · Currency: Mauritanian ouguiya (MRU)
Mauritania is a country in Africa, with its capital at Nouakchott. It has a GDP of $10.88B (2024), a population of 5.3M (2025), a GDP per capita of $2,105.
- GDP
- $10.88B
- GDP per capita
- $2,105
- Population
- 5.3M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $7,676
2024 · #151 of 200
2024 · #163 of 200
2025 · #125 of 216
2025 · #140 of 185
Economy
- GDP
- $10.88B2024 · #151
- GDP per capita
- $2,1052024 · #163
- GDP growth
- 6.31%2024 · #21
- Inflation
- 2.49%2024 · #69
- Unemployment
- 10.32%2025 · #147
- Population
- 5.3M2025 · #125
- GDP (PPP)
- $40.8B2025 · #137
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $7,6762025 · #140
- Gini index
- 32.02019 · #48
- Government debt
- 37.1%2026 · #50
People
- Median age
- 22.1 yrs2024 · #185
- Fertility rate
- 4.6 children/woman2024 · #11
- Urbanization
- 61.5%2025 · #123
- Net migration
- −5,044/yr2025 · #134
- Life expectancy
- 68.7 yrs2024 · #163
- HDI
- 0.5632023 · #163
- Homicide rate
- 1.0 per 100k2020 · #50
Money
- Corporate tax
- 25%2024 · #75
Figures
- Internet users
- 45.8%2024 · #150
- CO₂ per capita
- 1.0 t2024 · #141
- Area
- 1.03M km²#30
- Population density
- 5 /km²2025 · #206
- McDonald's
- 02024
- Unicorn startups
- 02026-03
- Billionaires
- 02026
- Passport power
- 56 destinations2026 · #151
- Corruption index
- 30/1002024 · #131
- Military spending
- 2.2%2024 · #47
- Renewable energy
- 22.1%2021 · #100