be 37.7% less likely to be obese
In Netherlands, 20.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Mauritania, that number is 12.7% of people as of 2016.
In Netherlands, 20.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Mauritania, that number is 12.7% of people as of 2016.
In Netherlands, the average life expectancy is 82 years (80 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2020. In Mauritania, that number is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020.
Netherlands has a top tax rate of 52.0% as of 2016. In Mauritania, the top tax rate is 40.0% as of 2016.
Netherlands has a GDP per capita of $53,900 as of 2017, while in Mauritania, the GDP per capita is $4,500 as of 2017.
In Netherlands, 4.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Mauritania, that number is 10.2% as of 2017.
In Netherlands, 8.8% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Mauritania, however, that number is 31.0% as of 2014.
In Netherlands, there are approximately 11.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Mauritania, there are 29.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.
In Netherlands, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Mauritania, 766.0 women do as of 2017.
In Netherlands, approximately 3.5 children die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Mauritania, on the other hand, 47.9 children do as of 2020.
In Netherlands, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2016. In Mauritania, 42% of the population do as of 2017.
In Netherlands, approximately 94.7% of the population has internet access as of 2018. In Mauritania, about 20.8% do as of 2018.
In Netherlands, approximately 100% of people have improved drinking water access (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2017. In Mauritania, that number is 84% of people on average (99% in urban areas, and 68% in rural areas) as of 2017.
Netherlands spends 5.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Mauritania spends 2.6% of total GDP on education as of 2016.
Netherlands has a total of 451 km of coastline. In Mauritania, that number is 754 km.
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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The statistics on this page were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Tax and Customs Administration - Belastingdienst.
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