Mauritania vs Nigeria: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per capita
Mauritania
52.62 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Nigeria
63.05 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Mauritania rank
162nd
Nigeria rank
160th
Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per capita over time
- Mauritania
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 63.05 BoP, current US$ per person against 52.62 BoP, current US$ per person in Mauritania, a difference of 10.43 BoP, current US$ per person.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 162nd and Nigeria ranks 160th of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 28.92 BoP, current US$ per person | 10.21 BoP, current US$ per person | 18.71 BoP, current US$ per person | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 44.32 BoP, current US$ per person | 20.34 BoP, current US$ per person | 23.98 BoP, current US$ per person | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 21.64 BoP, current US$ per person | 19.18 BoP, current US$ per person | 2.46 BoP, current US$ per person | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 56.87 BoP, current US$ per person | 83.4 BoP, current US$ per person | 26.54 BoP, current US$ per person | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 44.07 BoP, current US$ per person | 48.26 BoP, current US$ per person | 4.19 BoP, current US$ per person | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per capita, Mauritania or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 63.05 BoP, current US$ per person against 52.62 BoP, current US$ per person in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per capita between Mauritania and Nigeria?
- 10.43 BoP, current US$ per person, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Nigeria?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Nigeria rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 162nd and Nigeria ranks 160th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.