Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 39.4% less likely to be obese

In Mauritania, 12.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Guinea, that number is 7.7% of people as of 2016.

be 4.7 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Mauritania, 0.3% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Guinea, that number is 1.4% of people as of 2020.

live 1.3 years less

In Mauritania, the average life expectancy is 65 years (63 years for men, 68 years for women) as of 2022. In Guinea, that number is 64 years (62 years for men, 66 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 73.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Mauritania, 10.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Guinea, that number is 2.7% as of 2017.

make 46.0% less money

Mauritania has a GDP per capita of $5,000 as of 2020, while in Guinea, the GDP per capita is $2,700 as of 2020.

be 41.0% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Mauritania, 31.0% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Guinea, however, that number is 43.7% as of 2018.

Life

be 24.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Mauritania, approximately 766.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Guinea, 576.0 women do as of 2017.

have 27.1% more children

In Mauritania, there are approximately 28.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Guinea, there are 35.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 26.0% less likely to be literate

In Mauritania, the literacy rate is 53.5% as of 2017. In Guinea, it is 39.6% as of 2018.

Basic Needs

be 43.8% 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 Guinea, that number is 46% of people on average (84% in urban areas, and 24% in rural areas) as of 2019.

be 36.6% less likely to have internet access

In Mauritania, approximately 41.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Guinea, about 26.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 15.8% more on education

Mauritania spends 1.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Guinea spends 2.2% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 21.2% more on healthcare

Mauritania spends 3.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Guinea, that number is 4.0% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 57.6% less coastline

Mauritania has a total of 754 km of coastline. In Guinea, that number is 320 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Guinea: At a glance

Guinea is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 245,717 sq km. Guinea is at a turning point after decades of authoritarian rule since gaining its independence from France in 1958. Guinea held its first free and competitive democratic presidential and legislative elections in 2010 and 2013 respectively. Alpha CONDE was elected to a five year term as president in 2010, and the National Assembly was seated in January 2014. CONDE's cabinet is the first all-civilian government in Guinea. Previously, Sekou TOURE ruled the country as president from independence to his death in 1984. Lansana CONTE came to power in 1984 when the military seized the government after TOURE's death. Gen. CONTE organized and won presidential elections in 1993, 1998, and 2003, though all the polls were rigged. Upon CONTE's death in December 2008, Capt. Moussa Dadis CAMARA led a military coup, seizing power and suspending the constitution. His unwillingness to yield to domestic and international pressure to step down led to heightened political tensions that culminated in September 2009 when presidential guards opened fire on an opposition rally killing more than 150 people, and in early December 2009 when CAMARA was wounded in an assassination attempt and exiled to Burkina Faso. A transitional government led by Gen. Sekouba KONATE paved the way for Guinea's transition to a fledgling democracy.
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