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Mauritania — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Mauritania, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2,198
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +1067.9% since 1961
GDP per capita for Mauritania was 2,198 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 188 in 1961 (about 11.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.91% per year.
Mauritania ranks 173 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 82%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so Mauritania sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 41%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2,198
First (1961)
188
Change
+1067.9%
Highest
2,198
in 2025
Lowest
188
in 1961
Average
965
Annual growth (CAGR)
3.91%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,197.51 |
| 2024 | 2,104.54 |
| 2023 | 2,127.96 |
| 2022 | 1,961.28 |
| 2021 | 1,947.47 |
| 2020 | 1,795.72 |
| 2019 | 1,767.07 |
| 2018 | 1,723.38 |
| 2017 | 1,617.93 |
| 2016 | 1,568.01 |
| 2015 | 1,558.84 |
| 2014 | 1,718.97 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.