Mauritania
Military spending in US dollars in Mauritania
Military spending in US dollars in Mauritania: $64.4M in 1985 and $315M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $315M
- Since 1985
- +$250M
- Rank, 2025
- 111 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $315M in 2025, the lowest $39.5M in 1994.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Mauritania |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $315M |
| 2024 | $275M |
| 2023 | $260M |
| 2022 | $226M |
| 2021 | $246M |
| 2020 | $230M |
| 2019 | $186M |
| 2018 | $183M |
| 2017 | $171M |
| 2016 | $164M |
| 2015 | $149M |
| 2014 | $156M |
| 2013 | $160M |
| 2012 | $162M |
| 2009 | $136M |
| 2008 | $136M |
| 2006 | $117M |
| 2005 | $100M |
| 2004 | $118M |
| 2003 | $115M |
| 2002 | $72.5M |
| 2001 | $101M |
| 2000 | $72.4M |
| 1999 | $55.3M |
| 1998 | $41.5M |
| 1997 | $58.6M |
| 1996 | $50.5M |
| 1995 | $42.2M |
| 1994 | $39.5M |
| 1993 | $41.1M |
| 1992 | $42.3M |
| 1991 | $43.9M |
| 1990 | $46.5M |
| 1989 | $49.4M |
| 1988 | $55.9M |
| 1987 | $56.6M |
| 1986 | $59.8M |
| 1985 | $64.4M |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 spending2.75% of GDP 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