Mauritania — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Mauritania, 1962–2025.
GDP growth for Mauritania was 4.03% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 64 years, from 1962 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 27.69% in 1964. The lowest was -5.13% in 1975 (about -1.3× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.76% per year.
Mauritania ranks 77 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 36%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Mauritania sits below it. It peaked in 1964 and has fallen 85% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 25%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 28 of 47 economies; Nigeria (4.01%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 2577% in 2010.
Data highlights
From its 1962 level: doubled by 1964; grown tenfold by 1964. Doubling roughly every 25 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 101st of 112 in 1962 → 14th of 119 in 1970 → 71st of 152 in 1980 → 143rd of 176 in 1990 → 195th of 199 in 2000 → 134th of 209 in 2010 → 45th of 209 in 2020 → 70th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1962 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.03% | -2.3 pp |
| 2024 | 6.31% | -0.5 pp |
| 2023 | 6.81% | +0.0 pp |
| 2022 | 6.8% | +6.1 pp |
| 2021 | 0.74% | +1.1 pp |
| 2020 | -0.36% | -3.5 pp |
| 2019 | 3.14% | -1.6 pp |
| 2018 | 4.77% | -1.5 pp |
| 2017 | 6.27% | +5.0 pp |
| 2016 | 1.26% | -4.1 pp |
| 2015 | 5.38% | +1.1 pp |
| 2014 | 4.27% | +0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 4.15% | -0.3 pp |
| 2012 | 4.47% | +0.3 pp |
| 2011 | 4.17% | +1.6 pp |
| 2010 | 2.62% | +2.5 pp |
| 2009 | 0.1% | +0.4 pp |
| 2008 | -0.33% | +1.6 pp |
| 2007 | -1.97% | -20.3 pp |
| 2006 | 18.33% | +9.8 pp |
| 2005 | 8.57% | +3.8 pp |
| 2004 | 4.73% | -2.2 pp |
| 2003 | 6.93% | +5.5 pp |
| 2002 | 1.38% | +2.2 pp |
| 2001 | -0.8% | +3.1 pp |
| 2000 | -3.92% | -7.6 pp |
| 1999 | 3.67% | +0.9 pp |
| 1998 | 2.78% | +6.8 pp |
| 1997 | -4.04% | -9.9 pp |
| 1996 | 5.82% | -4.0 pp |
| 1995 | 9.82% | +12.9 pp |
| 1994 | -3.06% | -8.9 pp |
| 1993 | 5.87% | +4.0 pp |
| 1992 | 1.87% | +0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 1.79% | +3.6 pp |
| 1990 | -1.77% | -6.5 pp |
| 1989 | 4.78% | +3.1 pp |
| 1988 | 1.72% | -0.2 pp |
| 1987 | 1.9% | -3.8 pp |
| 1986 | 5.71% | +2.7 pp |
| 1985 | 2.99% | +6.2 pp |
| 1984 | -3.23% | -7.0 pp |
| 1983 | 3.74% | +6.1 pp |
| 1982 | -2.34% | -5.8 pp |
| 1981 | 3.45% | +0.1 pp |
| 1980 | 3.37% | -1.4 pp |
| 1979 | 4.79% | +5.3 pp |
| 1978 | -0.5% | +1.4 pp |
| 1977 | -1.88% | -10.4 pp |
| 1976 | 8.55% | +13.7 pp |
| 1975 | -5.13% | -17.3 pp |
| 1974 | 12.16% | +16.7 pp |
| 1973 | -4.58% | -3.9 pp |
| 1972 | -0.73% | -2.6 pp |
| 1971 | 1.84% | -10.1 pp |
| 1970 | 11.99% | +10.7 pp |
| 1969 | 1.25% | -8.9 pp |
| 1968 | 10.2% | +6.6 pp |
| 1967 | 3.57% | +3.3 pp |
| 1966 | 0.23% | -15.9 pp |
| 1965 | 16.14% | -11.6 pp |
| 1964 | 27.69% | +29.7 pp |
| 1963 | -1.98% | -2.7 pp |
| 1962 | 0.73% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Mauritania’s GDP growth in 1963?
-1.98% (1963). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Mauritania’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1962 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +454.5% in total — about 2.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 4.03%; 2024: 6.31%; 2023: 6.81%; 2022: 6.8%; 2021: 0.74%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.