Medichimeria

Prior

Measure	2006	2011
Population (nation)	3,086,859	3,359,185
Nouakchott population (*)	669,834	887,450
Nouadhibou population	83,188	112,320
Infant mortality	7.089%	5.893%
Literacy	32%	51.2%
Unemployment	21%	32%
Living in poverty	41%	42%
AIDS deaths	670	980
HIV +	11,600 (0.7%)	14,200
Malaria	262,144	275,815
Imports	860,000,000	2,633,000,000
Exports	541,000,000	2,745,000,000
TEUs	57,108	86,121
Government revenues	421,000,000	1,409,000,000
Government expenses	378,000,000	1,464,000,000
Inflation	7.3%	6.5%
External debts	2,500,000,000	2,791,000,000
Foreign reserves	0	325 million
Oil imported (barrels per day)	24,000	18,400 (**)
Electricity produced	202 million kWh	547 million
Electricity consumed	188 million kWh	509 million
Currency rate (to US dollar)	263	273
Cell phones	300,000	2,745,000
Internet users	10,000	75,000

 (*) = The population of Nouakchott in particular is very difficult to count as the borders of the city vary as the desert advances. There are also probably as many as 100,000 nomads who live in the Nouakchott area on an intermittent basis. We believe there are 435 doctors working in Mauritania. If that is close, it would 7700 patients per doctor.
(**) = There are supposed to be reserves of about 28 Billion cubic meters of natural gas. Whether the Banda field, located 12 miles east of Nouakchott (may contain natural gas reserves of 3-5 trillion cubic feet) can be exploited is not clear. Mauritania is currently producing 11,600 barrels of oil per day mostly from the Chinguetti oilfield
which is located offshore 56 miles southwest of Nouakchott. The Tiof oilfield, which is located 16 miles north, is being developed.  The bulk of this is exported (10,000 barrels) - domestic consumption is 20,000 barrels per day, leaving 18,400 barrels per day to be imported.