Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 74.6% less likely to be obese

In Niue, 50.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Mauritania, that number is 12.7% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 12.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Niue, 12.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2001. In Mauritania, that number is 10.5% as of 2023.

make 43.2% less money

Niue has a GDP per capita of $11,100 as of 2021, while in Mauritania, the GDP per capita is $6,300 as of 2023.

Basic Needs

be 25.9% less likely to have internet access

In Niue, approximately 79.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Mauritania, about 59.0% do as of 2021.

be 12.2% less likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Niue, approximately 97% of people have improved drinking water access as of 2020. In Mauritania, 85% of people do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 56.4% less on healthcare

Niue spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Mauritania, that number is 3.4% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 11.8 times more coastline

Niue has a total of 64 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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