Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Mauritania instead of Djibouti, you would:
Economy
be 74.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Djibouti, 40.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Mauritania, that number is 10.2% as of 2017.
be 46.9% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Djibouti, 21.1% live below the poverty line as of 2017. In Mauritania, however, that number is 31.0% as of 2014.
Life
have 26.1% more children
In Djibouti, there are approximately 22.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Mauritania, there are 28.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 3.1 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Djibouti, approximately 248.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Mauritania, 766.0 women do as of 2017.
Basic Needs
be 23.8% less likely to have access to electricity
In Djibouti, approximately 42% of people have electricity access (54% in urban areas, and 1% 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.
be 30.5% less likely to have internet access
In Djibouti, approximately 59.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Mauritania, about 41.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 47.2% less on education
Djibouti spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Mauritania spends 1.9% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 83.3% more on healthcare
Djibouti spends 1.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Mauritania, that number is 3.3% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 2.4 times more coastline
Djibouti has a total of 314 km of coastline. In Mauritania, that number is 754 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Mauritania: At a glance
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