Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cote d'Ivoire instead of Mauritania, you would:
Health
be 18.9% less likely to be obese
In Mauritania, 12.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Cote d'Ivoire, that number is 10.3% of people as of 2016.
be 7.0 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Mauritania, 0.3% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Cote d'Ivoire, that number is 2.1% of people as of 2020.
live 3.0 years less
In Mauritania, the average life expectancy is 65 years (63 years for men, 68 years for women) as of 2022. In Cote d'Ivoire, that number is 62 years (60 years for men, 65 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 27.4% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Mauritania, 31.0% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Cote d'Ivoire, however, that number is 39.5% as of 2018.
Life
be 19.5% less likely to die during childbirth
In Mauritania, approximately 766.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Cote d'Ivoire, 617.0 women do as of 2017.
be 68.0% more likely to be literate
In Mauritania, the literacy rate is 53.5% as of 2017. In Cote d'Ivoire, it is 89.9% as of 2019.
Basic Needs
be 2.4 times 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 Cote d'Ivoire, that number is 76% of people on average (99% in urban areas, and 51% in rural areas) as of 2019.
be 12.2% less likely to have internet access
In Mauritania, approximately 41.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Cote d'Ivoire, about 36.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 94.7% more on education
Mauritania spends 1.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Cote d'Ivoire spends 3.7% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
Geography
see 31.7% less coastline
Mauritania has a total of 754 km of coastline. In Cote d'Ivoire, that number is 515 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Cote d'Ivoire: At a glance
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