Mauritania’s Healthcare Sector

Fun Fact
If you look at Mauritania from space, you will see a clear bull’s-eye-like image called “The Eye of Africa”.

Did you Know?
Mauritania is one of the countries with highest maternal mortality and infant mortality rates in the world.

65 Years
Life expectancy,
2018

5.9
GDP growth (annual %),
2019

Exported products
Iron Ore ($1.68B), Non- fillet Frozen Fish ($692M), Gold ($600M),
2019

40.0 Exports of goods and services as a % of GDP,
2019

Imported products
Special purpose ships ($160M), planes, helicopters, and/or spacecraft ($136M), wheat ($127M),
2019

53.0
Imports of goods and services as % of GDP,
2019

$1B deficit
Balance of trade,
2019