Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Djibouti instead of Mauritania, you would:
Economy
make 10.0% more money
Mauritania has a GDP per capita of $5,000 as of 2020, while in Djibouti, the GDP per capita is $5,500 as of 2020.
be 31.9% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Mauritania, 31.0% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Djibouti, however, that number is 21.1% as of 2017.
be 3.9 times more likely to be unemployed
In Mauritania, 10.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Djibouti, that number is 40.0% as of 2017.
Life
be 67.6% less likely to die during childbirth
In Mauritania, approximately 766.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Djibouti, 248.0 women do as of 2017.
have 20.7% fewer children
In Mauritania, there are approximately 28.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Djibouti, there are 22.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 31.2% more likely to have access to electricity
In Mauritania, approximately 32% of people have electricity access (56% in urban areas, and 4% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Djibouti, that number is 42% of people on average (54% in urban areas, and 1% in rural areas) as of 2019.
be 43.9% more likely to have internet access
In Mauritania, approximately 41.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Djibouti, about 59.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 45.5% less on healthcare
Mauritania spends 3.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Djibouti, that number is 1.8% of GDP as of 2019.
spend 89.5% more on education
Mauritania spends 1.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Djibouti spends 3.6% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 58.4% less coastline
Mauritania has a total of 754 km of coastline. In Djibouti, that number is 314 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Djibouti: At a glance
How big is Djibouti compared to Mauritania? See an in-depth size comparison.