MauritaniaandSenegal

28 November 1960 · 20 August 1960

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

Mauritania

28 November 1960 — Independence of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Dossier →Chronicle →

Senegal

20 August 1960 — Senegal withdraws from the Federation of Mali and declares independence

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
41
Domains
9
Crossed events
1
Data through
2026-08-22

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Economy

MRTSEN
  • GDP
    $12 B2025$37 B2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $2,1982025$1,9552025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    4.0%20256.7%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    1.5%20251.5%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    94.0%202571.1%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Society

MRTSEN
  • Population
    5.3 m202519 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    68.7 yrs202468.9 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    61.5%202555.8%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    4.620243.82024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

MRTSEN

Health

MRTSEN
  • Health spending
    4.3%20234.3%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    0.2620220.112023
    Observed 2022 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    36.9202436.52024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    93.0%202487.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    —27.2%2024
    Observed — / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Education

MRTSEN
  • Adult literacy
    59.5%202050.4%2023
    Observed 2020 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Education spending
    7.6%20246.2%2023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Primary enrolment
    105.4%202485.3%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Secondary enrolment
    36.0%202044.1%2023
    Observed 2020 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Tertiary enrolment
    6.0%202015.3%2024
    Observed 2020 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Technology

MRTSEN
  • R&D spending
    0.0%20180.6%2015
    Observed 2018 / 2015 · figures compared, never graded
  • Internet users
    45.8%202460.1%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    9220241242024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    9.4%20243.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    —5722015
    Observed — / 2015 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

MRTSEN
  • Land area
    1,030,700 km²2023192,530 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    0.3%202341.3%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    38.5%202349.4%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    1.020240.82024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    19.6%202235.4%2021
    Observed 2022 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

MRTSEN
  • Resource rents
    11.4%20214.4%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    0.0%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    9.6%20212.9%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    1.2%20211.5%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    52.2%202482.9%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Iron ore
    15 Mt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Phosphate rock
    —2.8 Mt2025
    Observed — / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Military

MRTSEN
  • Military burden
    2.2%20241.6%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $260 M2024$515 M2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    21,000202019,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

One event in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. 1147

    Fall of the Almoravid empire

    The Almoravid empire, which had stretched from the Senegal River to Spain, is overthrown by the Almohads, but Islam remains firmly rooted in the western Sahara.

    Politics & Power · from the Mauritania chronicle · The Almoravid Jihad · REFS 1 — Almoravids (Berber confederation)