Gender in Mauritania

206 indicators covering gender for Mauritania.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Child population (UN estimates and projections) 2,466 2030 up 22.4% 92nd
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 1.77 % change on previous year 2030 down 31.1% 11th
Population 3,596 2030 up 39.1% 128th
Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 3,596 2030 up 39.1% 128th
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 3.17 % change on previous year 2030 down 3.2% 15th
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 85,317 2025 up 20.4% 89th
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 87,574 2025 up 20.6% 91st
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 83,378 2025 up 21.3% 91st
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 85,511 2025 up 21.5% 91st
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 81,699 2025 up 21.3% 91st
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 83,772 2025 up 20.6% 92nd
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 80,167 2025 up 21.7% 92nd
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 82,174 2025 up 20.4% 92nd
Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 78,668 2025 up 23.0% 92nd
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 80,592 2025 up 22.4% 94th
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 77,161 2025 up 24.4% 95th
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 79,023 2025 up 24.5% 95th
Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 59.43 2027 up 0.9% 13th
Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.541 2025 down 15.2% 144th
Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.322 2025 down 45.1% 153rd
Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.555 2025 up 30.3% 132nd
Women's Political Participation Index 0.771 2025 down 15.4% 133rd
Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.541 2025 down 15.2% 144th
Key features of women's political empowerment 0.541 2025 down 15.2% 144th
Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -6.24 % change on previous year 2025 169th
Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.541 2025 down 15.2% 144th
Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 20th
Prevalence of obesity, female 37.4% 2024 up 29.9% 53rd
Prevalence of obesity, male 9.0% 2024 up 38.3% 145th
Life expectancy at age 60, female 18.26 years 2024 up 4.0% 173rd
Life expectancy at age 60, male 24.26 years 2024 up 59.9% 10th
Share of women who are obese 37.4% 2024 up 29.9% 56th
Share of women who are overweight or obese 65.9% 2024 up 17.2% 63rd
Share of overweight men vs. women 28.0% 2024 up 15.8% 159th
Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 75.2% 2024 up 5.3% 164th
Share of women who are married or in a union 31.6% 2020 down 3.8% 7th
Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th
Population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.3% 42nd
Population, annual growth rate 2.93 % change on previous year 2024 down 4.3% 18th
Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 55.1% 28th
Women and men have the same rights to own property 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 170th
Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 171st
Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 128.88 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 down 1.9% 122nd
Women, Business and the Law Index 48.12 index (0–100) 2023 up 14.9% 176th
Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 144th
Women have the same rights to remarry as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 122nd
Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 94th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0004 units per person 2025 down 4.2% 13th
Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Population, per square kilometre 4.87 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.5% 177th
Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0006 units per person 2025 up 3.4% 175th
Labor force, female 417,312 2025 up 35.0% 144th
Labor force, female, per capita 0.0785 units per person 2025 up 0.7% 169th
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.12 index 2025 up 12.5% 23rd