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Algeria vs Mauritania

105 shared metrics.

AlgeriaLeads in 66

vs105 shared

MauritaniaLeads in 39

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Algeria

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Identity

Formal name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Algeria's Tassili n'Ajjer has 15,000+ prehistoric drawings, turning the Sahara into a climate-history wall.

UNESCO

Mauritania

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Identity

Formal name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: named for the ancient kingdom of Mauretania (3rd century B.C. to 1st century A.D.).

CIA 2026

Analysis

Algeria leads in 66 of 105 shared metrics, while Mauritania leads in 39.

Algeria's Scientific Publications is 286.4x that of Mauritania (7.6K vs 26.47).

Algeria's Electricity Generation is 60.6x that of Mauritania (101.11 TWh vs 1.6 TWh).

Algeria's Total CO2 Emissions is 36.2x that of Mauritania (186.36 Mt CO2e vs 5.0 Mt CO2e).

Algeria's Irrigated Land is 29.7x that of Mauritania (13.8K km² vs 450 km²).

Algeria's Electric Generating Capacity is 26.8x that of Mauritania (22.59M kW vs 812.0K kW).

Key Comparisons

Scientific PublicationsAlgeria leads

Algeria

7.6K

Mauritania

26.47

Electricity GenerationAlgeria leads

Algeria

101.11 TWh

Mauritania

1.6 TWh

Total CO2 EmissionsAlgeria leads

Algeria

186.36 Mt CO2e

Mauritania

5.0 Mt CO2e

Irrigated LandAlgeria leads

Algeria

13.8K km²

Mauritania

450 km²

Electric Generating CapacityAlgeria leads

Algeria

22.59M kW

Mauritania

812.0K kW

GDP (Nominal)Algeria leads

Algeria

$269,322,281,664.77

Mauritania

$10,908,045,686.88

All Metrics

Scientific Publications

Algeria

7.6K

Mauritania

26.47

28637% higher

Electricity Generation

Algeria

101.11 TWh

Mauritania

1.6 TWh

6065% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Algeria

186.36 Mt CO2e

Mauritania

5.0 Mt CO2e

3619% higher

Irrigated Land

Algeria

13.8K km²

Mauritania

450 km²

2971% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Algeria

22.59M kW

Mauritania

812.0K kW

2682% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Algeria

$269,322,281,664.77

Mauritania

$10,908,045,686.88

2369% higher

Air Passengers

Algeria

7.16M

Mauritania

329.0K

2077% higher

Broadband Access (%)

Algeria

12 per 100 people

Mauritania

0.59 per 100 people

1933% higher

Armed Forces Personnel

Algeria

326.0K

Mauritania

21.0K

1452% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Algeria

119

Mauritania

982% higher

Population

Algeria

47.74M

Mauritania

5.20M

818% higher

University Enrollment Rate

Algeria

54.43%

Mauritania

6.0%

811% higher

Protected Land (%)

Algeria

4.7%

Mauritania

0.60%

683% higher

Tourism Revenue

Algeria

$50,000,000

Mauritania

$6,400,000.1

681% higher

Water Withdrawal

Algeria

10.29 B m³

Mauritania

1.3 B m³

663% higher

Forest Area

Algeria

19.8K km²

Mauritania

3.0K km²

567% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Algeria

1.7 per 1k

Mauritania

0.26 per 1k

538% higher

Railway Length

Algeria

4.0K km

Mauritania

728 km

452% higher

Railway Network

Algeria

4.0K km

Mauritania

728 km

450% higher

CO2 Per Capita

Algeria

4.2 t/person/yr

Mauritania

1.0 t/person/yr

318% higher

Comparison of Algeria and Mauritania across 105 metrics
				Winner
Scientific Publications	7.6K	26.47	28637% higher	Algeria
Electricity Generation	101.11 TWh	1.6 TWh	6065% higher	Algeria
Total CO2 Emissions	186.36 Mt CO2e	5.0 Mt CO2e	3619% higher	Algeria
Irrigated Land	13.8K km²	450 km²	2971% higher	Algeria
Electric Generating Capacity	22.59M kW	812.0K kW	2682% higher	Algeria
GDP (Nominal)	$269,322,281,664.77	$10,908,045,686.88	2369% higher	Algeria
Air Passengers	7.16M	329.0K	2077% higher	Algeria
Broadband Access (%)	12 per 100 people	0.59 per 100 people	1933% higher	Algeria
Armed Forces Personnel	326.0K	21.0K	1452% higher	Algeria
Merchant Fleet Size	119	11	982% higher	Algeria
Population	47.74M	5.20M	818% higher	Algeria
University Enrollment Rate	54.43%	6.0%	811% higher	Algeria
Protected Land (%)	4.7%	0.60%	683% higher	Algeria
Tourism Revenue	$50,000,000	$6,400,000.1	681% higher	Algeria
Water Withdrawal	10.29 B m³	1.3 B m³	663% higher	Algeria
Forest Area	19.8K km²	3.0K km²	567% higher	Algeria
Doctors (per 1,000)	1.7 per 1k	0.26 per 1k	538% higher	Algeria
Railway Length	4.0K km	728 km	452% higher	Algeria
Railway Network	4.0K km	728 km	450% higher	Algeria
CO2 Per Capita	4.2 t/person/yr	1.0 t/person/yr	318% higher	Algeria
Population Density	19.38 /km²	4.9 /km²	298% higher	Algeria
Airports	98	25	292% higher	Algeria
Military Spending	8.0% of GDP	2.2% of GDP	270% higher	Algeria
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	7.0 sites	2.0 sites	250% higher	Algeria
Highest Elevation	2.9K m	915 m	218% higher	Algeria
Forest Coverage (%)	0.83%	0.29%	189% higher	Algeria
GNI Per Capita	$5,370	$2,120	153% higher	Algeria
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$17,620.74	$7,368.75	139% higher	Algeria
Land Area	2.38M km²	1.03M km²	131% higher	Algeria
Tobacco Use Prevalence	22.1% of adults	9.6% of adults	130% higher	Algeria
Smoking Rate	21.2%	9.5%	123% higher	Algeria
Internet Users (%)	77%	37%	108% higher	Algeria
Elderly Population (%)	6.6%	3.2%	104% higher	Algeria
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	30 days/yr	15 days/yr	100% higher	Algeria
Wind Electricity Share	0.02%	4.8%	100% lower	Mauritania
Official Languages Count	2.0	1.0	100% higher	Algeria
Electricity Access (%)	100%	50.3%	99% higher	Algeria
Renewable Energy (%)	0.10%	19.6%	99% lower	Mauritania
Health Spending Per Capita	$179.7	$90.42	99% higher	Algeria
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.46% of GDP	13.2% of GDP	97% lower	Mauritania
Road Traffic Death Rate	18.3 per 100k	9.5 per 100k	93% higher	Algeria
Teen Birth Rate	8.7 per 1k	88.9 per 1k	90% lower	Mauritania
Solar Electricity Share	1.0%	7.7%	87% lower	Mauritania
Border Neighbors	7.0	4.0	75% higher	Algeria
Water Stress (%)	91.51%	337.05%	73% lower	Mauritania
Government Debt (% GDP)	27.5% of GDP	100% of GDP	72% lower	Mauritania
Women in Parliament (%)	7.9%	23.3%	66% lower	Mauritania
Median Age	28.2 years	17.1 years	65% higher	Algeria
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	25.55 µg/m³	70.82 µg/m³	64% lower	Mauritania
Imports (% GDP)	20.28% of GDP	52.19% of GDP	61% lower	Mauritania
Inflation Rate	4.0%	2.5%	60% higher	Algeria
Seafood Consumption per Person	3.8 kg/person/yr	8.7 kg/person/yr	56% lower	Mauritania
Agricultural Land (%)	17.36%	38.53%	55% lower	Mauritania
Exports (% GDP)	19.85% of GDP	41.41% of GDP	52% lower	Mauritania
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% lower	Mauritania
Sanitation Access (%)	85.91%	58.68%	46% higher	Algeria
Digital Payments Used	13.09% of adults	24.38% of adults	46% lower	Mauritania
Insufficient Physical Activity	29.04% of adults	52.42% of adults	45% lower	Mauritania
Meat Consumption per Person	18.06 kg/person/yr	31.06 kg/person/yr	42% lower	Mauritania
Child Mortality	22 per 1k births	37.8 per 1k births	42% lower	Mauritania
Birth Rate	19.62 per 1k	34.01 per 1k	42% lower	Mauritania
Freedom of Expression Index	0.37	0.63	42% lower	Mauritania
GDP Growth Rate	3.7%	6.3%	41% lower	Mauritania
Fertility Rate	2.9 children/woman	4.8 children/woman	39% lower	Mauritania
Human Development Index	0.76	0.56	36% higher	Algeria
Infant Mortality	19.7 per 1k births	31 per 1k births	36% lower	Mauritania
Land Border Length	6.7K km	5.0K km	35% higher	Algeria
Coastline Length	998 km	754 km	32% higher	Algeria
Dependency Ratio	58.51% of working-age pop.	84.98% of working-age pop.	31% lower	Mauritania
Youth Population (%)	30.33%	42.71%	29% lower	Mauritania
Credit Card Ownership	5.2% of adults	7.3% of adults	29% lower	Mauritania
Youth Unemployment Rate	29.44% of youth labor force	22.92% of youth labor force	28% higher	Algeria
Life Evaluation Score	5.7 pts	4.5 pts	28% higher	Algeria
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	115 per 100 people	92 per 100 people	25% higher	Algeria
Urban Population (%)	75.28%	60.61%	24% higher	Algeria
Electricity Carbon Intensity	632.94 gCO2/kWh	512.08 gCO2/kWh	24% higher	Algeria
Political Corruption Index	0.66	0.82	20% lower	Mauritania
Suicide Rate	2.2 per 100k	2.7 per 100k	20% lower	Mauritania
Electoral Democracy Index	0.27	0.33	19% lower	Mauritania
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.6% of GDP	4.7% of GDP	19% higher	Algeria
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.6% of GDP	4.5% of GDP	19% lower	Mauritania
Food Waste per Person	153.45 kg/person/yr	130.05 kg/person/yr	18% higher	Algeria
Obesity Rate	24.25%	20.84%	16% higher	Algeria
Women's Political Empowerment	0.63	0.54	16% higher	Algeria
Homicide Rate	1.2 per 100k	1.0 per 100k	16% higher	Algeria
Death Rate	4.4 per 1k	5.2 per 1k	15% lower	Mauritania
Corruption Perceptions Index	34 pts	30 pts	13% higher	Algeria
Milk Consumption per Person	141.53 kg/person/yr	160.82 kg/person/yr	12% lower	Mauritania
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	11.96 per 100k	10.73 per 100k	11% higher	Algeria
Life Expectancy	76.3 years	68.5 years	11% higher	Algeria
Unemployment Rate	11.43%	10.37%	10% higher	Algeria
Can Raise Emergency Money	87.78% of adults	97.1% of adults	10% lower	Mauritania
Average Weekly Work Hours	43.7 hrs/week	47.59 hrs/week	8% lower	Mauritania
Hypertension Prevalence	36.2% of adults	39.2% of adults	8% lower	Mauritania
Liberal Democracy Index	0.13	0.13	1% lower	Mauritania
Beer Consumption	0.25 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Algeria
Spirits Consumption	0.07 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Algeria
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Algeria
Alcohol Consumption	0.54 L/adult/yr	0 L/adult/yr	ranked higher	Algeria
Capital Elevation	0 m	7.0 m	ranked lower	Mauritania
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.04 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Algeria
Lowest Elevation	-40 m	-5 m	ranked lower	Mauritania
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-7.7% of GDP	-5.8% of GDP	ranked lower	Mauritania
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.03 per 100k people	0 per 100k people	ranked higher	Algeria
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Algeria

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Analysis

Algeria leads in 66 of 105 shared metrics, while Mauritania leads in 39.

Algeria's Scientific Publications is 286.4x that of Mauritania (7.6K vs 26.47).

Algeria's Electricity Generation is 60.6x that of Mauritania (101.11 TWh vs 1.6 TWh).

Algeria's Total CO2 Emissions is 36.2x that of Mauritania (186.36 Mt CO2e vs 5.0 Mt CO2e).

Algeria's Irrigated Land is 29.7x that of Mauritania (13.8K km² vs 450 km²).

Algeria's Electric Generating Capacity is 26.8x that of Mauritania (22.59M kW vs 812.0K kW).

Key Comparisons

Scientific PublicationsAlgeria leads

Algeria

7.6K

Mauritania

26.47

Electricity GenerationAlgeria leads

Algeria

101.11 TWh

Mauritania

1.6 TWh

Total CO2 EmissionsAlgeria leads

Algeria

186.36 Mt CO2e

Mauritania

5.0 Mt CO2e

Irrigated LandAlgeria leads

Algeria

13.8K km²

Mauritania

450 km²

Electric Generating CapacityAlgeria leads

Algeria

22.59M kW

Mauritania

812.0K kW

GDP (Nominal)Algeria leads

Algeria

$269,322,281,664.77

Mauritania

$10,908,045,686.88

Scientific Publications

7.6K

26.47

Electricity Generation

101.11 TWh

1.6 TWh

Total CO2 Emissions

186.36 Mt CO2e

5.0 Mt CO2e

Irrigated Land

13.8K km²

450 km²

Electric Generating Capacity

22.59M kW

812.0K kW

GDP (Nominal)

$269,322,281,664.77

$10,908,045,686.88

Air Passengers

7.16M

329.0K

Broadband Access (%)

12 per 100 people

0.59 per 100 people

Armed Forces Personnel

326.0K

21.0K

Merchant Fleet Size

119

Population

47.74M

5.20M

University Enrollment Rate

54.43%

6.0%

Protected Land (%)

4.7%

0.60%

Tourism Revenue

$50,000,000

$6,400,000.1

Water Withdrawal

10.29 B m³

1.3 B m³

Forest Area

19.8K km²

3.0K km²

Doctors (per 1,000)

1.7 per 1k

0.26 per 1k

Railway Length

4.0K km

728 km

Railway Network

4.0K km

728 km

CO2 Per Capita

4.2 t/person/yr

1.0 t/person/yr

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Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Scientific Publications

Electricity Generation

Total CO2 Emissions

Irrigated Land

Electric Generating Capacity

GDP (Nominal)

Air Passengers

Broadband Access (%)

Armed Forces Personnel

Merchant Fleet Size

Population

University Enrollment Rate

Protected Land (%)

Tourism Revenue

Water Withdrawal

Forest Area

Doctors (per 1,000)

Railway Length

Railway Network

CO2 Per Capita

Population Density

Airports

Military Spending

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Highest Elevation

Forest Coverage (%)

GNI Per Capita

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Land Area

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Smoking Rate

Internet Users (%)

Elderly Population (%)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Wind Electricity Share

Official Languages Count

Electricity Access (%)

Renewable Energy (%)

Health Spending Per Capita

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Teen Birth Rate

Solar Electricity Share

Border Neighbors

Water Stress (%)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Women in Parliament (%)

Median Age

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Imports (% GDP)

Inflation Rate

Seafood Consumption per Person

Agricultural Land (%)

Exports (% GDP)

Time Zones Count

Sanitation Access (%)

Digital Payments Used

Insufficient Physical Activity

Meat Consumption per Person

Child Mortality

Birth Rate

Freedom of Expression Index

GDP Growth Rate

Fertility Rate

Human Development Index

Infant Mortality

Land Border Length

Coastline Length

Dependency Ratio

Youth Population (%)

Credit Card Ownership

Youth Unemployment Rate