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Mauritania

  • President:Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
  • Prime Minister:Yahya Ould Hademine
  • Capital city:Nouakchott
  • Languages:Arabic (official and national), Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof (all national languages), French note: the spoken Arabic in Mauritania differs considerably from the modern standard Arabic used for official written purposes or in the media; the Mauritanian dialect, which incorporates many Berber words, is referred to as Hassaniya
  • Government:No data
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:4,420,184 (2017)
  • Area, sq km:1,030,700 (2017)
  • GDP per capita, US$:1,137 (2017)
  • GDP, billion current US$:5.0 (2017)
  • GINI index:32.6 (2014)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:150 (2017)
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    • September 2016
      Source: Global Innovation Index
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 06 January, 2017
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      The Global Innovation Index (GII) aims to capture the multi-dimensional facets of innovation and provide the tools that can assist in tailoring policies to promote long-term output growth, improved productivity, and job growth. The GII helps to create an environment in which innovation factors are continually evaluated. It provides a key tool and a rich database of detailed metrics for 141 economies this year, which represent 95.1% of the world’s population and 98.6% of global GDP.

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