Mauritania

Military share of state spending in Mauritania

Military share of state spending in Mauritania: 12.5% of government spending in 2004 and 10.8% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
10.8% of government spending
Since 2004
−1.7 percentage points
Rank, 2025
25 of 150
counting from the highest

% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in MauritaniaMilitary share of state spending in Mauritania: 12.5% of government spending in 2004 and 10.8% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 13.1% of government spending in 2020, the lowest 8.2% of government spending in 2022.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 13.1% of government spending in 2020, the lowest 8.2% of government spending in 2022.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearMauritania
202510.8
202410.7
202310.4
20228.2
202112
202013.1
201911.4
201811.2
201710.5
201610.3
20158.4
20149.2
20139.9
20129.8
200912.4
200812
200611
200510.7
200412.5

Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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