Mauritania, is a country located at Western Africa, it has an area of 1,030,700 Km2 and it may be considered a large country.

Mauritania, with a population of 5,022,441 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a low population density, 5 people per km2.

It's capital is Nouakchott and its currency is Ouguiya

Mauritania is holding the 152 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2023 was 4,672 millions of euros (5,053 millions of dollars), ( 47.45% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €930 euros per inhabitant$1,006 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Mauritania was on November of 2022 and it was 12.2%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Mauritania, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.54 points in 2022, leaving it in 164th place in the table of 193 countries published.

If the reason to visit Mauritania are business, you must know it's in the 152th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Mauritania, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Mauritania Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2023€9,846M
Annual GDP [+]2023$10,649M
GDP per capita [+]2023€1,960
GDP per capita [+]2023$2,120
Debt (M.€.) [+]20234,672
Debt ($M) [+]20235,053
Debt (%GDP) [+]202347.45%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€930
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$1,006
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-243
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-263
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-2.47%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20232,457.8
Expenditure ($M) [+]20232,658.3
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022207.6
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2022218.8
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202210.44%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2022163.6
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2022173.0
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20226.28%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023250.9
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2023271.4
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20239.61%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202324.96%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€489
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$529
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€43
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$45
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€34
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$35
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€50
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$54
Corruption Index [+]202330
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019134º
Fragile States Index [+]202487.0
Innovation Ranking [+]2024126º
Labour
NMW [+]2024$1,139.8
NMW [+]2024€1,057.8
Human Capital Ranking [+]2017129º
Markets
Euro / Ouguiya [+]01/02/202541.1500
US Dollar exchange rate [+]01/02/202539.8300
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]November 202212.2%
Money Market
Key rates [+]12/21/20228.00%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020152º
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]201510.34
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202214.7%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202040.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]200030,000
Exports [+]2023€3,691.9M
Exports [+]2023$3,992.0M
Exports % GDP [+]202337.50%
Imports [+]2023€4,828.3M
Imports [+]2023$5,220.9M
Imports % GDP [+]202349.04%
Trade balance [+]2023€-1,136.5M
Trade balance [+]2023$-1,225.0M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-11.54%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]20235
Global Peace Ranking [+]202495º
% Immigrant [+]20203.96%
% Emigrant [+]20202.83%
Birth Rate [+]202334.42‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017243.8
Crude death rate [+]20235.52‰
Fertility Rate [+]20234.70
% risk of poverty [+]201931.8%
Population [+]20235,022,441
Immigrant stock [+]2020182,286
Emigrant stock [+]2020130,226
HDI [+]20220.540
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2021146º
Life expectancy [+]202368.48
Suicides [+]2015240
Suicide rate [+]20156.04
Number of homicides [+]202046
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20201.00
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20230.90
Annual crude oil production [+]20240
Crude Oil Reserves [+]202120.0
Consumption GWh [+]20231,700
Generation GWh [+]20231,642
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/2024997
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/202463,872
Fully vaccinated [+]11/19/20231,540,597
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/2024198.51
Doses administered [+]11/19/20234,075,874