Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Mauritania instead of Turks and Caicos Islands, you would:

Health

live 15.6 years less

In Turks and Caicos Islands, the average life expectancy is 81 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022. In Mauritania, that number is 65 years (63 years for men, 68 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 76.3% less money

Turks and Caicos Islands has a GDP per capita of $21,100 as of 2020, while in Mauritania, the GDP per capita is $5,000 as of 2020.

Life

have 2.1 times more children

In Turks and Caicos Islands, there are approximately 13.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Mauritania, there are 28.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 4.4 times more likely to die during infancy

In Turks and Caicos Islands, approximately 11.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Mauritania, on the other hand, 51.0 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 68.0% less likely to have access to electricity

In Turks and Caicos Islands, approximately 100% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 43% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Mauritania, that number is 32% of people on average (56% in urban areas, and 4% in rural areas) as of 2019.

Expenditures

spend 45.7% less on education

Turks and Caicos Islands spends 3.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Mauritania spends 1.9% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 93.8% more coastline

Turks and Caicos Islands has a total of 389 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

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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