Mauritania vs Taiwan: Economic Indicators Comparison

Taiwan with a GDP of $585.8B ranked the 21st largest economy in the world, while Mauritania ranked 156th with $5.2B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Taiwan and Mauritania ranked 115th vs 103rd and 38th vs 167th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Mauritania	Taiwan
GDP	$5.2B	$585.8B
GDP growth, 1 year	3%	2.6%
GDP growth, 5-years average	2.8%	2.4%
Population	4.4M	23.6M
GDP per capita	$1.2k	$25k
GDP per capita growth	0.71%	N/A
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	10.22	N/A
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.29	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$4k	$53k
GNI, Atlas method	$5.1B	N/A
GNI per capita	$1.2k	N/A
GNI, PPP adjusted	$18.1B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$4.1k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Mauritania	Taiwan
Income Tax Rate	30%	45%
Corporate Tax Rate	25%	20%
Inflation, consumer prices	3.1%	1.5%
Inflation, GDP deflator	2.8%	N/A
Unemployment	10.3%	3.7%
Economic Freedom Index	55.3	77.1
Personal Freedom Index	5.05	8.09
Human Freedom Index	5.52	7.79
Property Rights Index	32.5	86.9
Judical Effectiveness Index	20.8	70.1
Business Freedom Index	61.7	93.9
Fiscal Health Index	85.9	91
Labor Freedom Index	51.3	60.3
Investment Freedom Index	50	60
Financial Freedom Index	40	60
Trade Freedom Index	62.6	86
Monetary Freedom Index	79.6	82.7
Government Spending Index	76.4	90.5
Tax Burden Index	80.9	75
Government Integrity Index	21.9	68.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	27	63
Life expectancy at birth, years	64.5	80.2
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	4.4	12.5
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	24.7	6.3
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	9.9	0.8
International tourism, number of arrivals	30k	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Mauritania	Taiwan
Central government debt, % of GDP	83.9%	35%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	97.8%	N/A
External debt stocks	$5.2B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	112.6%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	15.7%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-10.3%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	19.8%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	47.7%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$934.3M	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$70.8M	N/A

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Mauritania	Taiwan
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	45.1%	N/A
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	76.2%	N/A
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$972.9M	N/A
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$179.7M	N/A
Personal remittances received	$60.4M	N/A
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	26.1%	N/A
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	25.9%	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$1M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$77k	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	28%	17.8%