Indicators of economy in Mauritania

The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2021 was at about 12.259 USD per capita. GDP in Mauritania, on the other hand, reached USD 1.723 per capita, or 8.23 billion USD in the whole country. Mauritania is one of the smaller economies and is currently ranked 152. If this is calculated per inhabitant taking into account the purchasing power parity, then Mauritania is in the list of the world's richest countries in place 133.

Inflation in Mauritania was in 2020 at around 2.39%. Within the EU, the average in the same year was 2.55%. In the United States, it was most recently 4.70%.

Compared with the USA, prices for daily consumer goods are around 100.0% lower.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 67 and is compared to other countries moderate.


Back to overview: Mauritania