If you lived in Mauritania instead of Angola, you would:

Health

be 83.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Angola, 1.8% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Mauritania, that number is 0.3% of people as of 2020.

live 3.1 years longer

In Angola, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 64 years for women) as of 2022. In Mauritania, that number is 65 years (63 years for men, 68 years for women) as of 2022.

be 54.9% more likely to be obese

In Angola, 8.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Mauritania, that number is 12.7% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 19.4% less money

Angola has a GDP per capita of $6,200 as of 2020, while in Mauritania, the GDP per capita is $5,000 as of 2020.

be 54.5% more likely to be unemployed

In Angola, 6.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2016. In Mauritania, that number is 10.2% as of 2017.

pay a 2.4 times higher top tax rate

Angola has a top tax rate of 17.0% as of 2016. In Mauritania, the top tax rate is 40.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 13.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Angola, approximately 58.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Mauritania, on the other hand, 51.0 children do as of 2022.

be 3.2 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Angola, approximately 241.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Mauritania, 766.0 women do as of 2017.

be 24.8% less likely to be literate

In Angola, the literacy rate is 71.1% as of 2015. In Mauritania, it is 53.5% as of 2017.

have 32.9% fewer children

In Angola, there are approximately 41.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Mauritania, there are 28.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 13.9% more likely to have internet access

In Angola, approximately 36.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Mauritania, about 41.0% do as of 2020.

be 28.1% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Angola, approximately 66% of people have improved drinking water access (81% in urban areas, and 36% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Mauritania, that number is 85% of people on average (99% in urban areas, and 68% in rural areas) as of 2020.

be 25.6% less likely to have access to electricity

In Angola, approximately 43% of people have electricity access (61% in urban areas, and 6% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Mauritania, that number is 32% of people on average (56% in urban areas, and 4% in rural areas) as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 32.0% more on healthcare

Angola spends 2.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Mauritania, that number is 3.3% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 52.9% less coastline

Angola has a total of 1,600 km of coastline. In Mauritania, that number is 754 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Direcção Nacional dos Impostos, Ministério das Finanças.

Mauritania: At a glance

Mauritania is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 1,030,700 sq km. Independent from France in 1960, Mauritania annexed the southern third of the former Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) in 1976 but relinquished it after three years of raids by the Polisario guerrilla front seeking independence for the territory. Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed TAYA seized power in a coup in 1984 and ruled Mauritania with a heavy hand for more than two decades. A series of presidential elections that he held were widely seen as flawed. A bloodless coup in August 2005 deposed President TAYA and ushered in a military council that oversaw a transition to democratic rule. Independent candidate Sidi Ould Cheikh ABDALLAHI was inaugurated in April 2007 as Mauritania's first freely and fairly elected president. His term ended prematurely in August 2008 when a military junta led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel AZIZ deposed him and installed a military council government. AZIZ was subsequently elected president in July 2009 and sworn in the following month. AZIZ sustained injuries from an accidental shooting by his own troops in October 2012 but has continued to maintain his authority. The country continues to experience ethnic tensions among its black population (Afro-Mauritanians) and white and black Moor (Arab-Berber) communities, and confronts a terrorism threat by al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
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