Total FDI outflows — Value US$, gaps filled in Mauritania
Mauritania: Total FDI outflows — Value US$, gaps filled was 0.1311 million USD in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Total FDI outflows — Value US$, gaps filled in Mauritania, 1992–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million USD.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.1311 million USD for total fdi outflows — value us$, gaps filled in 2023.
The figure is down 95.6% on the previous year and down 99.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total fdi outflows — value us$, gaps filled in Mauritania peaked at 27.75 million USD in 2014 and was at its lowest, -2.68 million USD, in 2012.
That places Mauritania 147th out of 184 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Total FDI outflows — Value US$, gaps filled in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | -0.1578 million USD | — |
| 1993 | 0.1766 million USD | -211.9% |
| 1994 | 1.17 million USD | +563.0% |
| 1995 | 0.2003 million USD | -82.9% |
| 1996 | 0.1955 million USD | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.1713 million USD | -12.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0927 million USD | -45.9% |
| 1999 | 0.1608 million USD | +73.4% |
| 2000 | 0.2289 million USD | +42.3% |
| 2001 | 0.2969 million USD | +29.7% |
| 2002 | 0.365 million USD | +22.9% |
| 2003 | -1 million USD | -374.0% |
| 2004 | 4.01 million USD | -500.8% |
| 2005 | 2.02 million USD | -49.5% |
| 2006 | 0.057 million USD | -97.2% |
| 2007 | -1.28 million USD | -2340.4% |
| 2008 | 2.98 million USD | -333.8% |
| 2009 | 9.87 million USD | +230.6% |
| 2010 | 16.75 million USD | +69.8% |
| 2011 | 1.46 million USD | -91.3% |
| 2012 | -2.68 million USD | -282.9% |
| 2013 | 18.61 million USD | -795.6% |
| 2014 | 27.75 million USD | +49.0% |
| 2020 | 6.03 million USD | -78.3% |
| 2021 | 5.4 million USD | -10.4% |
| 2022 | 3 million USD | -44.5% |
| 2023 | 0.1311 million USD | -95.6% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.1311 million USD is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32 million USD, 0% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.1311 million USD is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3814 million USD, 34% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total FDI outflows — Value US$, gaps filled in Mauritania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | -2340.4% | 0.057 million USD | -1.28 million USD |
| 2013 | +795.6% | -2.68 million USD | 18.61 million USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2513 million USD | -0.1578 million USD | 1.17 million USD | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.76 million USD | -1.28 million USD | 9.87 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.38 million USD | -2.68 million USD | 27.75 million USD | 5 |
| 2020s | 3.64 million USD | 0.1311 million USD | 6.03 million USD | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 144 Tonga 0.3103 million USD compare
- 145 Cook Islands 0.3098 million USD compare
- 146 Guinea-Bissau 0.2575 million USD compare
- 148 Kiribati 0.1023 million USD compare
- 148 Micronesia 0.1023 million USD compare
- 150 Guinea 0.0867 million USD compare
More economy & growth data for Mauritania
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -17.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total fdi outflows — value us$, gaps filled in Mauritania?
- Total fdi outflows — value us$, gaps filled in Mauritania was 0.1311 million USD in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total fdi outflows — value us$, gaps filled recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 27.75 million USD in 2014.
- What is the lowest total fdi outflows — value us$, gaps filled recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.68 million USD in 2012.
- How does Mauritania rank for total fdi outflows — value us$, gaps filled?
- Mauritania ranks 147th out of 184 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total fdi outflows — value us$, gaps filled rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Total FDI outflows — Value US$, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Total FDI outflows — Value US$ with 95 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Total FDI outflows — Value US$ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Total FDI outflows — Value US$ with 95 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.