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🇲🇷 Mauritania

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Tier 1 · Markets

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Marketparallel 43.15 27 Sep 2026, 00:35 UTC Binance P2P
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Official rate, 10-year annual average (World Bank)

3033.5372014201820202023

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Tier 2 · Policy & Prices

Policy & Prices

Policy rate

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Inflation

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Tier 3 · Structure

Structure & trajectory

Annual indicators, latest available year on each card · Sources: World Bank / UN / IMF WEO Oct 2025 / V-Dem / EIA

22 of 28 indicators improving improving

Rule: for each metric with at least two observations, direction is the sign of (latest − earliest). Child mortality, $3/day poverty, national poverty, debt service, debt-to-GDP, and the Gini index are inverted (a decline is improvement). Overall: improving if ≥60% of those metrics improved, mixed if 40–60%, worsening if <40%.

Population

5.3M · 2025

3.9M4.6M5.3M201520172019202120232025

↑ 1.5M since 2014

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GDP per capita (PPP)

$7,676 · 2025

$3,900$5,800$7,700201520172019202120232025

↑ $3,810 since 2014

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GDP per capita growth

1.2% · 2025

-4%0%4%201520172019202120232025

↓ 0 pts since 2014

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Life expectancy

68.7 years · 2024

6667.569201420162018202020222024

↑ 2.5 years since 2014

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Child mortality

36.9 per 1,000 · 2024

3643.551201420162018202020222024

↓ 13.7 since 2014

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Internet users

45.8% · 2024

11%28.5%46%201420162018202020222024

↑ 34 pts since 2014

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Manufacturing share of GDP

4.6% · 2025

4.6%6%7.4%201520172019202120232025

↓ 2.8 pts since 2014

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Electricity access

52.2% · 2024

38%45%52%201420162018202020222024

↑ 13.4 pts since 2014

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Poverty ($3/day)

10.2% · 2019

10%11%12%201420152016201720182019

↓ 1.5 pts since 2014

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National poverty line

31.8% · 2019

31%32.5%34%201420152016201720182019

↓ 2.5 pts since 2014

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Adult literacy

59.5% · 2020

59%62%65%201520162017201820192020

↓ 5.6 pts since 2015

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Debt service / exports

9.7% · 2024

8%12.5%17%201420162018202020222024

↓ 1.2 pts since 2014

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Exports of goods and services

$4.1B · 2024

$1.6B$2.9B$4.1B201420162018202020222024

↑ $1.8B since 2014

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GDP growth

4% · 2025

-0.4%0%7%201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.2 pts since 2014

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GDP

$11.7B · 2025

$6.1B$9.1B$12B201520172019202120232025

↑ $5.1B since 2014

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Unemployment

10.3% · 2025

10%10.5%11%201520172019202120232025

↑ 0.3 pts since 2014

ILO modeled estimate — national definitions differ

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FDI inflows

$1.4B · 2024

$-883.6M$0$1.4B201420162018202020222024

↑ $937.7M since 2014

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Remittances

$94.5M · 2024

$13M$91.5M$170M201720212024

↑ $17.4M since 2017

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External debt

$4.5B · 2024

$4.4B$5B$5.7B201420162018202020222024

↓ $71.7M since 2014

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Agriculture share of GDP

20% · 2025

19%21.5%24%201520172019202120232025

↑ 1.1 pts since 2014

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Services share of GDP

42.4% · 2025

38%42%46%201520172019202120232025

↓ 2 pts since 2014

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Investment rate

27% · 2025

24%29%34%201520172019202120232025

↓ 11 pts since 2014

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Terms of trade

123.00 · 2024

100.00120.00140.00201420162018202020222024

↑ 6.80 since 2014

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FX reserves

$2B · 2021

$630M$1.3B$2B201420182021

↑ $1.4B since 2014

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Lending rate

17% · 2017

16%17%18%2014201520162017

→ 0 pts since 2014

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Deposit rate

5.7% · 2017

4.4%5%5.7%2014201520162017

↑ 1.2 pts since 2014

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Gini index

32.00 · 2019

32.0032.5033.00201420152016201720182019

↓ 0.60 since 2014

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Health expenditure

4.3% · 2023

2.8%3.8%4.7%2014201820202023

↑ 0.9 pts since 2014

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Physicians

0.3 per 1,000 · 2022

0.160.210.2620142016201820202022

↑ 0.1 since 2014

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Tertiary enrollment

6% · 2020

5.1%5.5%6%201520162017201820192020

↑ 0.1 pts since 2015

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Tourist arrivals

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Account ownership

27.3% · 2024

20%23.5%27%201420162018202020222024

↑ 4.4 pts since 2014

Findex · every 3–4 years

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Exports per capita derived

$784.35 · 2024

$400$625$850201420162018202020222024

↑ $208.32 since 2014

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Median age

17.1 years · 2023

1616.5172014201820202023

↑ 0.4 years since 2014

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Government revenue / GDP

24.5% · 2026

20%23%26%201620182020202220242026

↑ 3.2 pts since 2014

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Debt to GDP

37.1% · 2026

37%48.5%60%20142017202020232026

↓ 12.5 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Gross debt (national currency)

MRU 208.9B · 2026

MRU 98BMRU 154BMRU 210B20142017202020232026

↑ MRU 110B since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Current account / GDP

-6.5% · 2026

-23%-14.4%-5.8%20142017202020232026

↑ 15.7 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Budget balance / GDP

0.5% · 2026

-4%0%4%20142017202020232026

↑ 3.2 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Electoral democracy

0.33 · 2025

0.320.380.43201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.09 since 2014

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Trade profile

Exports

$4.1B · 2024

$1.6B$2.9B$4.1B201420162018202020222024

↑ $1.8B since 2014

Imports

$5.4B · 2024

$2.5B$4.2B$5.8B201420162018202020222024

↑ $1.8B since 2014

Balance derived

−$1.3B · 2024

$-1.7B$-1.3B$-830M201420162018202020222024

↑ $18.8M since 2014

Top exports · 2024

Products

  1. Pearls, precious stones and metals $1.6B · 39.5%
  2. Ores, slag and ash $1.4B · 33.2%
  3. Fish and crustaceans $949.3M · 22.9%
  4. Food industry residues and fodder $78.8M · 1.9%
  5. Mineral fuels $21.6M · 0.5%
  6. Salt, earths, stone, cement $14.7M · 0.4%
  7. Preparations of meat or fish $12.1M · 0.3%
  8. Cotton $10.1M · 0.2%
  9. Edible fruit and nuts $9.9M · 0.2%
  10. Animal or vegetable fats and oils $7M · 0.2%

Partners

  1. Canada $1.1B · 27.0%
  2. China $1B · 25.2%
  3. M49 757 $371.2M · 8.9%
  4. Spain $333.3M · 8.0%
  5. United Arab Emirates $146.9M · 3.5%
  6. Algeria $134.2M · 3.2%
  7. Italy $119.1M · 2.9%
  8. Japan $100.3M · 2.4%
  9. Côte d'Ivoire $96.9M · 2.3%
  10. Germany $76M · 1.8%

Top imports · 2024

Products

  1. Mineral fuels $1.7B · 34.7%
  2. Machinery and mechanical appliances $508M · 10.5%
  3. Sugars and confectionery $332.3M · 6.9%
  4. Vehicles other than railway $306M · 6.4%
  5. Cereals $278.3M · 5.8%
  6. Articles of iron or steel $219M · 4.5%
  7. Animal or vegetable fats and oils $185.8M · 3.9%
  8. Electrical machinery and equipment $178.2M · 3.7%
  9. Pharmaceutical products $109.4M · 2.3%
  10. Dairy, eggs, honey $89.3M · 1.9%

Partners

  1. United Arab Emirates $838.5M · 17.4%
  2. Spain $652.1M · 13.5%
  3. China $487.2M · 10.1%
  4. Belgium $474.1M · 9.8%
  5. Brazil $313.1M · 6.5%
  6. France $294.6M · 6.1%
  7. Morocco $177.5M · 3.7%
  8. United States $176.5M · 3.7%
  9. Türkiye $131.8M · 2.7%
  10. Japan $113.2M · 2.3%

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