Mauritania vs Niger: Total factor productivity
Mauritania
1.06
in 2023
Niger
1.05
in 2023
Mauritania rank
9th
Niger rank
12th
Total factor productivity over time
- Mauritania
- Niger
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 1.06 against 1.05 in Niger, a difference of 0.01.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 9th and Niger ranks 12th of 120 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 5 and Niger in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.2 | 1.05 | 0.1493 | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 1.11 | 0.8972 | 0.2087 | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 1.09 | 0.8191 | 0.271 | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 1.01 | 0.9032 | 0.1082 | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 1 | 0.9714 | 0.0324 | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 1.03 | 1.04 | 0.0111 | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total factor productivity, Mauritania or Niger?
- Mauritania, at 1.06 against 1.05 in Niger as of 2023.
- What is the difference in total factor productivity between Mauritania and Niger?
- 0.01, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Niger?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2023.
- How do Mauritania and Niger rank globally for total factor productivity?
- Mauritania ranks 9th and Niger ranks 12th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Total factor productivity. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This is the level of total factor productivity, relative to each country's value in 2021 (which is set to 1). This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.