How does Mauritania rank for gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp?

Mauritania ranks 28th out of 161 countries with data for 2025.

Is gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Mauritania?

Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP in Mauritania

Name: Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP in Mauritania
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Mauritania: Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP was 0.2529 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.2529 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP

Change on year

up 0.3%

World rank

28th

of 161 countries

All-time high

0.7636 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2003

All-time low

0.095 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1994

Years of data

1965–2025

Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP in Mauritania, 1965–2025

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

In 2025, gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp in Mauritania stood at 0.2529 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 26.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp in Mauritania peaked at 0.7636 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.095 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP, in 1994.

Mauritania ranks 28th of 161 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 61 years of available data.

Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP in Mauritania, year by year

Annual values for Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP in Mauritania, 1965 to 2025.
Year	constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	Change
1965	0.2814 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	—
1966	0.2664 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.3%
1967	0.4063 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+52.5%
1968	0.5214 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+28.3%
1969	0.4547 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.8%
1970	0.4763 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.7%
1971	0.4639 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.6%
1972	0.525 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.2%
1973	0.113 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-78.5%
1974	0.19 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+68.1%
1975	0.3367 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+77.2%
1976	0.4078 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+21.1%
1977	0.3579 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.2%
1978	0.2803 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-21.7%
1979	0.2044 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-27.1%
1980	0.2725 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+33.3%
1981	0.309 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.4%
1982	0.3386 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.6%
1983	0.3703 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.4%
1984	0.5462 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+47.5%
1985	0.6899 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+26.3%
1986	0.6185 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-10.3%
1987	0.5356 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-13.4%
1988	0.4934 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.9%
1989	0.3299 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-33.1%
1990	0.3354 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.7%
1991	0.2303 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-31.3%
1992	0.2207 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.2%
1993	0.4222 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+91.3%
1994	0.095 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-77.5%
1995	0.4673 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+391.9%
1996	0.4141 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-11.4%
1997	0.4721 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+14.0%
1998	0.3846 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-18.5%
1999	0.399 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.8%
2000	0.5033 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+26.1%
2001	0.5289 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+5.1%
2002	0.7123 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+34.7%
2003	0.7636 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+7.2%
2004	0.6447 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-15.6%
2005	0.5638 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.5%
2006	0.4702 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-16.6%
2007	0.4901 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.2%
2008	0.3537 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-27.8%
2009	0.3876 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.6%
2010	0.3378 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.9%
2011	0.2904 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-14.0%
2012	0.3262 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.3%
2013	0.3136 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.9%
2014	0.3522 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.3%
2015	0.343 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.6%
2016	0.311 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.3%
2017	0.3302 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.1%
2018	0.3573 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.2%
2019	0.3484 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.5%
2020	0.2762 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-20.7%
2021	0.2774 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.4%
2022	0.2779 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.2%
2023	0.2196 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-21.0%
2024	0.2522 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+14.9%
2025	0.2529 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.3%

Mauritania compared with similar countries

Mauritania's 0.2529 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2201 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Mauritania's 0.2529 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1946 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP, 1.3× the median. (38 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP in Mauritania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1995	+391.9%	0.095 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.4673 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.386 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2664 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.5214 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	5
1970s	0.3355 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.113 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.525 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.4504 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2725 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.6899 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.3441 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.095 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.4721 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.5418 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.3537 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.7636 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.331 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2904 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.3573 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.2594 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2196 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2779 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	6

Countries ranked near Mauritania

25 East Timor 0.2573 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
26 Mongolia 0.2567 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
27 Cambodia 0.2554 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
29 Iran 0.2527 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
30 Kazakhstan 0.2477 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
31 Samoa 0.2458 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare

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More economy & growth data for Mauritania

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)
IMF holdings of currency, SDR, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp in Mauritania?: Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp in Mauritania was 0.2529 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Mauritania?: The highest recorded value was 0.7636 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 2003.
What is the lowest gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Mauritania?: The lowest recorded value was 0.095 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 1994.
How does Mauritania rank for gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp?: Mauritania ranks 28th out of 161 countries with data for 2025.
Is gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Mauritania?: Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Mauritania data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP
Unit: constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 194 places, 8,107 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 07 September 2026

Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.