Mauritania
Military spending in Mauritania
Military spending in Mauritania: 5.95% of GDP in 1985 and 2.75% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2.75% of GDP
- Since 1985
- −3.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 33 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 5.95% of GDP in 1985, the lowest 1.86% of GDP in 1998.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Mauritania |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.75 |
| 2024 | 2.55 |
| 2023 | 2.59 |
| 2022 | 2.36 |
| 2021 | 2.49 |
| 2020 | 2.43 |
| 2019 | 2.04 |
| 2018 | 2.13 |
| 2017 | 2.12 |
| 2016 | 2.15 |
| 2015 | 2.16 |
| 2014 | 2.2 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2.12 |
| 2009 | 3.14 |
| 2008 | 3.06 |
| 2006 | 2.69 |
| 2005 | 3.05 |
| 2004 | 3.84 |
| 2003 | 4 |
| 2002 | 2.74 |
| 2001 | 4 |
| 2000 | 2.93 |
| 1999 | 2.27 |
| 1998 | 1.86 |
| 1997 | 2.97 |
| 1996 | 2.63 |
| 1995 | 2.26 |
| 1994 | 2.24 |
| 1993 | 2.41 |
| 1992 | 2.69 |
| 1991 | 3.6 |
| 1990 | 3.83 |
| 1989 | 3.96 |
| 1988 | 4.49 |
| 1987 | 4.67 |
| 1986 | 5.04 |
| 1985 | 5.95 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- 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