Mauritania — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Mauritania, 1961–2025.
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%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 17 of 47 economies; Comoros (2,056) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 38% in 1991. That is 19% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1973; grown tenfold by 2011. Doubling roughly every 18 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 71st of 113 in 1961 → 95th of 146 in 1970 → 117th of 163 in 1980 → 138th of 192 in 1990 → 149th of 204 in 2000 → 162nd of 212 in 2010 → 170th of 210 in 2020 → 151st of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,197.51 | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 2,104.54 | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 2,127.96 | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 1,961.28 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 1,947.47 | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 1,795.72 | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1,767.07 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 1,723.38 | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 1,617.93 | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 1,568.01 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1,558.84 | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 1,718.97 | -11.2% |
| 2013 | 1,936.27 | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 1,859.12 | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 1,931.2 | +16.3% |
| 2010 | 1,659.96 | +15.6% |
| 2009 | 1,435.43 | -12.2% |
| 2008 | 1,635.56 | +16.4% |
| 2007 | 1,405.15 | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 1,300.6 | +30.2% |
| 2005 | 998.97 | +21.3% |
| 2004 | 823.55 | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 732.02 | +12.8% |
| 2002 | 648.88 | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 651.82 | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 680.91 | -12.9% |
| 1999 | 781.34 | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 821.27 | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 859.28 | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 904.12 | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 904.72 | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 864.6 | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 849.62 | -18.0% |
| 1992 | 1,036.47 | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 1,061.68 | +37.5% |
| 1990 | 772.03 | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 762.28 | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 762.42 | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 745.79 | +10.1% |
| 1986 | 677.36 | +14.2% |
| 1985 | 593.22 | -8.7% |
| 1984 | 649.68 | -10.4% |
| 1983 | 725.17 | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 710.22 | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 728.8 | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 710.92 | +7.0% |
| 1979 | 664.38 | +15.0% |
| 1978 | 577.74 | -2.1% |
| 1977 | 590.23 | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 589.24 | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 550.66 | +11.4% |
| 1974 | 494.29 | +20.6% |
| 1973 | 409.72 | +22.2% |
| 1972 | 335.23 | +13.3% |
| 1971 | 295.99 | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 281.33 | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 276.6 | -8.1% |
| 1968 | 300.94 | +6.9% |
| 1967 | 281.53 | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 273.6 | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 269.96 | +10.5% |
| 1964 | 244.29 | +29.8% |
| 1963 | 188.25 | -0.4% |
| 1962 | 189 | +0.4% |
| 1961 | 188.16 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Mauritania’s GDP per capita in 1962?
189 (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Mauritania’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Mauritania’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +1067.9% in total — about 3.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. 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: 2,197.51; 2024: 2,104.54; 2023: 2,127.96; 2022: 1,961.28; 2021: 1,947.47. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.