Mauritania
GDP growth in Mauritania
GDP growth in Mauritania: 1.8% a year in 1992 and 3.6% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 3.6% a year
- Since 1992
- +1.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 66 of 143
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 3% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 3% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 18.3% a year in 2006, the lowest -4% a year in 1997.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Mauritania |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 5.9 |
| 2023 | 6.8 |
| 2022 | 6.8 |
| 2021 | 0.7 |
| 2020 | -0.4 |
| 2019 | 3.1 |
| 2018 | 4.8 |
| 2017 | 6.3 |
| 2016 | 1.3 |
| 2015 | 5.4 |
| 2014 | 4.3 |
| 2013 | 4.2 |
| 2012 | 4.5 |
| 2011 | 4.2 |
| 2010 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 0.1 |
| 2008 | -0.3 |
| 2007 | -2 |
| 2006 | 18.3 |
| 2005 | 8.6 |
| 2004 | 4.7 |
| 2003 | 6.9 |
| 2002 | 1.4 |
| 2001 | -0.8 |
| 2000 | -3.9 |
| 1999 | 3.7 |
| 1998 | 2.8 |
| 1997 | -4 |
| 1996 | 5.8 |
| 1995 | 9.8 |
| 1994 | -3.1 |
| 1993 | 5.9 |
| 1992 | 1.8 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Mauritania |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.4 |
| 2027 | 4.4 |
| 2028 | 5.8 |
| 2029 | 4.9 |
| 2030 | 3.1 |
| 2031 | 3 |
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Military
- Military spending2.75% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$315M in 2025
- Military spending per person$61 in 2025
- Military share of state spending10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel21,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports126 million TIV in 2024