Mauritania — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Mauritania, 1986–2025.
Inflation for Mauritania was 1.55% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 40 years, from 1986 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 12.93% in 1989. The lowest was 1.32% in 1988 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.94% per year.
Mauritania ranks 137 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 73%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.51%, so Mauritania sits below it. It peaked in 1989 and has fallen 88% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 52%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 36 of 46 economies; Senegal (1.46%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 880% in 1989. That is 54% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 57th of 126 in 1986 → 78th of 131 in 1990 → 85th of 163 in 2000 → 45th of 186 in 2010 → 83rd of 178 in 2020 → 121st of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1986 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.55% | -0.9 pp |
| 2024 | 2.49% | -2.5 pp |
| 2023 | 4.95% | -4.6 pp |
| 2022 | 9.53% | +6.0 pp |
| 2021 | 3.57% | +1.2 pp |
| 2020 | 2.39% | +0.1 pp |
| 2019 | 2.3% | -0.8 pp |
| 2018 | 3.07% | +0.8 pp |
| 2017 | 2.25% | +0.8 pp |
| 2016 | 1.47% | -1.8 pp |
| 2015 | 3.25% | -0.3 pp |
| 2014 | 3.53% | -0.6 pp |
| 2013 | 4.13% | -0.8 pp |
| 2012 | 4.9% | -0.8 pp |
| 2011 | 5.69% | -0.6 pp |
| 2010 | 6.28% | +4.1 pp |
| 2009 | 2.22% | -5.1 pp |
| 2008 | 7.35% | +0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 7.25% | +1.0 pp |
| 2006 | 6.24% | -5.9 pp |
| 2005 | 12.13% | +1.8 pp |
| 2004 | 10.37% | +5.2 pp |
| 2003 | 5.15% | +1.3 pp |
| 2002 | 3.9% | -0.8 pp |
| 2001 | 4.71% | +1.5 pp |
| 2000 | 3.25% | -0.8 pp |
| 1999 | 4.07% | -4.0 pp |
| 1998 | 8.03% | +3.4 pp |
| 1997 | 4.63% | -0.1 pp |
| 1996 | 4.68% | -1.9 pp |
| 1995 | 6.54% | +2.4 pp |
| 1994 | 4.13% | -5.2 pp |
| 1993 | 9.37% | -0.8 pp |
| 1992 | 10.14% | +4.5 pp |
| 1991 | 5.63% | -1.0 pp |
| 1990 | 6.6% | -6.3 pp |
| 1989 | 12.93% | +11.6 pp |
| 1988 | 1.32% | -6.8 pp |
| 1987 | 8.15% | +0.7 pp |
| 1986 | 7.43% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Mauritania’s Inflation in 1987?
8.15% (1987). 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 Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1986 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -79.2% in total — about 3.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.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: 1.55%; 2024: 2.49%; 2023: 4.95%; 2022: 9.53%; 2021: 3.57%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.