Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Mauritania
Mauritania: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) was 1,666 USD in 2024. ▬ Flat
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Mauritania, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 1,666 USD for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in 2024.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Mauritania peaked at 1,787 USD in 1976 and was at its lowest, 1,252 USD, in 2002.
Mauritania ranks 184th of 228 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,676 USD | — |
| 1971 | 1,637 USD | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 1,591 USD | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 1,532 USD | -3.7% |
| 1974 | 1,613 USD | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 1,725 USD | +6.9% |
| 1976 | 1,787 USD | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 1,730 USD | -3.2% |
| 1978 | 1,556 USD | -10.1% |
| 1979 | 1,664 USD | +6.9% |
| 1980 | 1,628 USD | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 1,645 USD | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 1,476 USD | -10.3% |
| 1983 | 1,470 USD | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 1,398 USD | -4.9% |
| 1985 | 1,404 USD | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 1,443 USD | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 1,435 USD | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 1,411 USD | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 1,427 USD | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 1,377 USD | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 1,375 USD | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 1,352 USD | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 1,411 USD | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 1,430 USD | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 1,358 USD | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 1,472 USD | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 1,381 USD | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 1,383 USD | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 1,396 USD | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 1,305 USD | -6.6% |
| 2001 | 1,263 USD | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 1,252 USD | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 1,309 USD | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 1,339 USD | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 1,419 USD | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 1,637 USD | +15.4% |
| 2007 | 1,564 USD | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 1,514 USD | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 1,469 USD | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 1,460 USD | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 1,473 USD | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 1,489 USD | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 1,503 USD | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 1,521 USD | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 1,555 USD | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 1,528 USD | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 1,576 USD | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 1,603 USD | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 1,605 USD | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,553 USD | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 1,520 USD | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 1,577 USD | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 1,630 USD | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 1,666 USD | +2.2% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 1,666 USD is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,008 USD, 83% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 1,666 USD is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,325 USD, 1.3× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,651 USD | 1,532 USD | 1,787 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,474 USD | 1,398 USD | 1,645 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,394 USD | 1,352 USD | 1,472 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,407 USD | 1,252 USD | 1,637 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,531 USD | 1,460 USD | 1,605 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,589 USD | 1,520 USD | 1,666 USD | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Mauritania
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -7.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -17.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.5389 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -21.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.3935 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0172 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 37.85 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Mauritania?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Mauritania was 1,666 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 1,787 USD in 1976.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,252 USD in 2002.
- How does Mauritania rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Mauritania ranks 184th out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).