
Gross debt in Mauritania
The government gross debt refers to the total of all sums of money that have to be paid to other countries, communities or institutions. Not included in the gross debt are the demands of a country to foreign ones.The gross debt in Mauritania in the period from 1998 to 2021 was between 1.8 billion and 5.2 billion USD. The highest level of the last years at five billion US Dollar was reached in 2021.
Based on the number of inhabitants, this is a debt of 1,119 USD per person. For comparison, the average debt per person in the same year in the European Union was 33,695 USD.
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Gross debt of the last 23 years in billion USD
Year | Mauritania total | Mauritania per capita | EU per capita |
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1998 | 2.05 bn USD | 823 USD | 14,079 USD |
2000 | 2.21 bn USD | 840 USD | 11,232 USD |
2001 | 2.19 bn USD | 809 USD | 11,255 USD |
2002 | 1.97 bn USD | 710 USD | 12,258 USD |
2003 | 2.03 bn USD | 709 USD | 15,286 USD |
2004 | 2.28 bn USD | 775 USD | 17,595 USD |
2005 | 2.46 bn USD | 814 USD | 18,327 USD |
2006 | 1.83 bn USD | 588 USD | 18,877 USD |
2007 | 1.80 bn USD | 561 USD | 20,898 USD |
2008 | 2.13 bn USD | 646 USD | 24,086 USD |
2009 | 2.28 bn USD | 673 USD | 25,361 USD |
2010 | 2.47 bn USD | 708 USD | 26,496 USD |
2011 | 2.63 bn USD | 730 USD | 29,231 USD |
2012 | 2.65 bn USD | 714 USD | 28,174 USD |
2013 | 2.89 bn USD | 757 USD | 29,981 USD |
2014 | 3.20 bn USD | 813 USD | 30,648 USD |
2015 | 3.62 bn USD | 918 USD | 25,918 USD |
2016 | 3.62 bn USD | 893 USD | 26,261 USD |
2017 | 3.72 bn USD | 895 USD | 27,024 USD |
2018 | 4.33 bn USD | 1,013 USD | 28,448 USD |
2019 | 4.49 bn USD | 1,024 USD | 27,168 USD |
2020 | 4.69 bn USD | 1,043 USD | 30,783 USD |
2021 | 5.16 bn USD | 1,119 USD | 33,695 USD |