Mauritania 2013

Source: Calculated from ESCWA, 2017a, based on data provided by the NSO from the Mauritania Census 2013, unless otherwise indicated

Population

Total female population: 1,794,294 (50.72%)

Total male population: 1,743,074 (49.28%)

Total population: 3,537,368

Total female persons with disabilities: 15,450 (45.55%)

Total male persons with disabilities: 18,470 (54.45%)

Total persons with disabilities: 33,920

Disability prevalence (%)

Disability prevalence (%)

  Total Rural Urban
Total 0.96% 0.95% 0.97%
Female 0.86% 0.86% 0.86%
Male 1.06% 1.04% 1.08%

Age-specific disability prevalence (%)

Disability prevalence (%)

  Rural Urban Total
Total Female 0.5% 0.4% 0.9%
Male 0.5% 0.5% 1.1%
0-4 Female 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
Male 0.2% 0.1% 0.3%
5-14 Female 0.2% 0.2% 0.4%
Male 0.3% 0.3% 0.5%
15-24 Female 0.3% 0.3% 0.6%
Male 0.4% 0.4% 0.8%
25-44 Female 0.4% 0.5% 0.9%
Male 0.5% 0.7% 1.2%
45-64 Female 1.0% 0.9% 1.9%
Male 1.1% 1.3% 2.3%
65+ Female 3.2% 1.6% 4.8%
Male 3.4% 2.0% 5.4%

Age distribution (%)

Age distribution (%)’

  0-4 5-14 15-24 25-44 45-64 65+
Persons without disabilities Female 16.7% 26.5% 19.2% 23.6% 10.3% 3.6%
Male 18.3% 27.5% 18.4% 21.6% 10.4% 3.8%
Persons with disabilities Female 5.2% 13.5% 13.5% 24.0% 22.7% 21.1%
Male 4.9% 13.2% 14.1% 24.4% 23.2% 20.2%

Type of disability/difficulty (%)

Type of disability (%)

  Seeing Hearing Mobility Cognition Poly-handicap Other
Female Rural 22.2% 14.8% 28.7% 11.9% 8.8% 13.5%
Urban 18.3% 14.0% 37.8% 12.0% 6.9% 10.9%
Male Rural 21.3% 14.7% 29.7% 14.2% 8.3% 11.7%
Urban 18.9% 13.0% 38.9% 14.1% 6.1% 9.1%

By marital status by age group

Marital status, female (%)

  Single Married Widowed Divorced
15-39 Without disabilities 35.2% 54.0% 0.9% 9.9%
With disabilities 54.0% 31.3% 1.9% 12.8%
40-64 Without disabilities 4.8% 64.2% 14.8% 16.2%
With disabilities 13.0% 40.8% 24.0% 22.2%
65+ Without disabilities 7.0% 27.6% 51.0% 14.5%
With disabilities 7.8% 18.3% 57.8% 16.1%

Marital status, male (%)

  Single Married Widowed Divorced
15-39 Without disabilities 65.3% 31.8% 0.1% 2.8%
With disabilities 73.0% 23.2% 0.2% 3.6%
40-64 Without disabilities 5.2% 88.7% 0.8% 5.3%
With disabilities 14.5% 74.7% 1.6% 9.2%
65+ Without disabilities 3.8% 84.1% 5.3% 6.8%
With disabilities 4.2% 78.8% 7.8% 9.2%

Cause of disability (%)

Cause of disability (%)

  Congenital Illness Accident War / Terrorism Other
Rural Female 27.5% 44.4% 7.3% 0.8% 20.0%
Male 29.2% 40.7% 10.8% 0.9% 18.4%
Urban Female 31.7% 43.1% 10.8% 0.5% 14.0%
Male 30.0% 39.5% 16.7% 0.9% 12.9%

By literacy status age: 15+ years

Literacy status (%) Age: 15+ years

  Literate Illiterate
Rural Persons without disabilities Female 41.4% 58.6%
Male 49.8% 50.2%
Persons with disabilities Female 28.0% 72.0%
Male 37.6% 62.4%
Urban Persons without disabilities Female 72.7% 27.3%
Male 83.1% 16.9%
Persons with disabilities Female 52.0% 48.0%
Male 67.5% 32.5%

By school attendance

School attendance (%)

  Rural Urban Total
5-9 Persons without disabilities Female 28.3% 30.5% 58.8%
Male 29.4% 31.3% 60.7%
Persons with disabilities Female 14.3% 18.6% 32.8%
Male 16.5% 19.2% 35.7%
10-14 Persons without disabilities Female 31.1% 37.1% 68.3%
Male 33.1% 39.6% 72.7%
Persons with disabilities Female 13.8% 22.9% 36.6%
Male 16.7% 25.4% 42.2%
15-19 Persons without disabilities Female 10.4% 21.8% 32.2%
Male 15.1% 26.8% 41.9%
Persons with disabilities Female 6.2% 10.6% 16.8%
Male 8.4% 13.3% 21.7%

By educational attainment age: 5+ years

Educational attainment (%) Age: 5+ years

  ISCED level 1 ISCED level 2 ISCED level 3 ISCED level 4 ISCED level 5 No schooling
Female Without disabilities Rural 22.6% 2.5% 0.8% 0.1% 0.1% 73.9%
Urban 34.3% 11.2% 8.4% 0.3% 2.4% 43.5%
With disabilities Rural 7.1% 1.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2% 91.2%
Urban 17.7% 5.1% 4.0% 0.1% 1.2% 71.8%
Male Without disabilities Rural 22.0% 3.5% 1.4% 0.2% 0.9% 72.1%
Urban 32.8% 12.6% 9.7% 0.9% 6.1% 38.0%
With disabilities Rural 8.7% 1.7% 1.2% 0.1% 0.6% 87.7%
Urban 20.0% 7.5% 6.1% 0.8% 4.3% 61.2%

By economic activity age: 15–64 years

Economic activity (%) Age: 15-64 years

  Employed Unemployed Economically inactive
Rural Female Persons without disabilities 9.6% 5.7% 84.7%
Persons with disabilities 9.1% 3.6% 87.3%
Male Persons without disabilities 50.3% 19.2% 30.6%
Persons with disabilities 28.0% 12.2% 59.8%
Urban Female Persons without disabilities 18.1% 8.5% 73.4%
Persons with disabilities 11.7% 6.3% 82.0%
Male Persons without disabilities 56.9% 16.6% 26.6%
Persons with disabilities 32.7% 14.6% 52.7%

By sector of employment

Sector of employment (%)

  Agriculture Industry Construction Services Not adequately defined
Rural Without disabilities Female 46.5% 14.7% 0.9% 24.4% 13.6%
Male 61.8% 4.3% 6.0% 20.8% 7.2%
With disabilities Female 55.9% 13.3% 0.4% 21.5% 8.9%
Male 65.8% 4.7% 4.5% 17.0% 8.1%
Urban Without disabilities Female 2.9% 13.0% 1.2% 40.9% 41.9%
Male 10.1% 10.6% 11.6% 40.0% 27.7%
With disabilities Female 6.9% 16.1% 1.1% 39.7% 36.2%
Male 9.5% 12.2% 10.4% 38.2% 29.7%