Mauritania... or Mauritius? - Statistics

General Stats

Answer Stats

Question	Answer	% Correct
Around 90% of its area is desert	Mauritania	97%
Is said to have been home to the dodo bird	Mauritius	97%
Is one of the richest countries per capita in Africa	Mauritius	92%
Is the eighth most visited country in Africa, with 1.34 million tourists in 2017	Mauritius	92%
Arabic is one of the country's official languages	Mauritania	86%
Over 95% of its population is Muslim	Mauritania	83%
Has an adult literacy rate lower than 90% (World average is around 90%)	Mauritania	81%
Its capital city's name can be translated to the “Place of Winds”	Mauritania	81%
Holds "The Eye of Africa," a circular formation visible from space	Mauritania	78%
Received its name in honor of Prince Maurice van Nassau	Mauritius	75%
Is made up of 15 or more regions	Mauritania	67%
Used to be a French colony	Both	64%
Is a parliamentary republic	Mauritius	58%
Won its independence in the 1960s	Both	50%
Recognizes Kosovo as a country	Mauritania	31%