Mauritania — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Mauritania, 1961–2025.
GDP for Mauritania was 11.68 billion 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 159.21 million in 1961 (about 73.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.94% per year.
Mauritania ranks 155 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 73%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 19.93 billion, so Mauritania sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 89%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 34 of 47 economies; Sierra Leone (7.46 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 42% in 1991. That is 35% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1971; grown tenfold by 1991. Doubling roughly every 10 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 98th of 113 in 1961 → 106th of 146 in 1970 → 120th of 163 in 1980 → 145th of 192 in 1990 → 154th of 204 in 2000 → 154th of 212 in 2010 → 151st of 210 in 2020 → 147th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11,679,910,946.44 | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 10,879,212,033.48 | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 10,687,541,640.13 | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 9,562,497,460.55 | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 9,221,044,666.76 | +11.6% |
| 2020 | 8,260,567,356.82 | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 7,894,764,885.82 | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 7,475,471,309.52 | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 6,812,472,965.34 | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 6,407,900,701.26 | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 6,182,303,676.55 | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 6,615,483,550.18 | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 7,230,646,063.36 | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 6,728,208,836.22 | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 6,764,627,745.9 | +20.2% |
| 2010 | 5,628,878,797.98 | +19.4% |
| 2009 | 4,714,595,547.75 | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 5,206,437,193.8 | +19.8% |
| 2007 | 4,346,212,355.03 | +10.9% |
| 2006 | 3,919,577,285.93 | +33.5% |
| 2005 | 2,936,019,525.6 | +24.3% |
| 2004 | 2,362,501,023.24 | +15.2% |
| 2003 | 2,051,147,606.74 | +15.4% |
| 2002 | 1,777,057,481.26 | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 1,746,063,557.61 | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 1,779,520,886.47 | -10.4% |
| 1999 | 1,985,922,775.53 | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 2,032,347,664.95 | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 2,071,996,564.05 | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 2,132,087,009.29 | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 2,091,726,101.43 | +7.6% |
| 1994 | 1,944,876,755.01 | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 1,847,353,211.35 | -14.6% |
| 1992 | 2,164,298,425.48 | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 2,133,692,696.75 | +41.6% |
| 1990 | 1,506,914,407.82 | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 1,450,647,019.18 | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 1,414,951,290.07 | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 1,344,664,724.69 | +13.3% |
| 1986 | 1,186,628,778.49 | +17.5% |
| 1985 | 1,009,723,326.33 | -6.0% |
| 1984 | 1,074,373,230.36 | -7.8% |
| 1983 | 1,165,171,263.35 | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 1,108,776,652.78 | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 1,105,494,681.63 | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 1,047,925,105.54 | +10.1% |
| 1979 | 951,900,945.25 | +18.3% |
| 1978 | 804,629,876.85 | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 799,030,017.06 | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 775,045,516.83 | +10.2% |
| 1975 | 703,377,837.45 | +14.7% |
| 1974 | 613,010,552.5 | +24.3% |
| 1973 | 493,237,876.27 | +25.9% |
| 1972 | 391,669,449.29 | +16.7% |
| 1971 | 335,568,907.05 | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 309,405,315.99 | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 295,062,308.47 | -5.2% |
| 1968 | 311,395,937.32 | +10.2% |
| 1967 | 282,615,310.22 | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 266,533,605.19 | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 255,340,475 | +13.7% |
| 1964 | 224,495,743.87 | +33.5% |
| 1963 | 168,186,297.28 | +2.4% |
| 1962 | 164,271,557.51 | +3.2% |
| 1961 | 159,213,430.2 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Mauritania’s GDP in 1962?
164,271,557.51 (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Mauritania’s GDP 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +7236.0% in total — about 6.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.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: 11,679,910,946.44; 2024: 10,879,212,033.48; 2023: 10,687,541,640.13; 2022: 9,562,497,460.55; 2021: 9,221,044,666.76. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.