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
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
| Year | Mauritania |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.8 |
| 2024 | 10.7 |
| 2023 | 10.4 |
| 2022 | 8.2 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2020 | 13.1 |
| 2019 | 11.4 |
| 2018 | 11.2 |
| 2017 | 10.5 |
| 2016 | 10.3 |
| 2015 | 8.4 |
| 2014 | 9.2 |
| 2013 | 9.9 |
| 2012 | 9.8 |
| 2009 | 12.4 |
| 2008 | 12 |
| 2006 | 11 |
| 2005 | 10.7 |
| 2004 | 12.5 |
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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- Military spending2.75% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$315M in 2025
- Military spending per person$61 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