Mauritania

Inflation in Mauritania

Inflation in Mauritania: 11.3% a year in 1991 and 1.6% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2025
1.6% a year
Since 1991
−9.7 percentage points
Rank, 2025
130 of 179
counting from the highest
Projected, 2031
4% a year
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

% a year · IMF

Inflation in MauritaniaInflation in Mauritania: 11.3% a year in 1991 and 1.6% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 4% a year in 2031.
Estimates, IMFIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 4% a year in 2031.
  • The highest was 13.8% a year in 2004, the lowest 1.5% a year in 2016.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearMauritania
20251.6
20242.5
20234.9
20229.6
20213.6
20202.4
20192.3
20183.1
20172.3
20161.5
20153.3
20143.5
20134.1
20124.9
20115.7
20106.3
20092.2
20087.4
20077.3
20066.2
20056.7
200413.8
200311.6
20025.4
20014.1
20004.9
19993.4
19984.2
19978.7
19964.9
19954.9
19947
19934.3
199210.3
199111.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMauritania
20268
20277.2
20284.8
20294
20304
20314

Good to know

  • How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
  • 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 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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