Mauritania Economy: GDP, Inflation, CPI & Interest Rates

This chart displays Economic Growth (GDP, annual variation in %) for Mauritania from 2012 to 2021.

Mauritania Economic Data

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Population (million)	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2
GDP (USD bn)	6.8	7.5	8.1	8.4	9.9
GDP per Capita (USD)	1,746	1,884	1,986	2,019	2,347
GDP (LCU bn)	243	267	296	313	360
Economic Growth (Nominal GDP, ann. var. %)	8.0	9.5	11.0	5.6	15.3
Economic Growth (GDP, ann. var. %)	6.3	4.8	5.4	-0.9	2.4
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)	1.4	4.4	3.5	3.7	2.9
Public Debt (% of GDP)	54.8	57.9	55.7	55.8	50.9
Inflation (CPI, ann. var. %, eop)	1.2	3.1	2.7	1.8	5.7
Inflation (CPI, ann. var. %, aop)	2.3	3.0	2.4	2.3	3.6
Policy Rate (%, eop)	9.00	6.50	6.50	5.00	5.00
Exchange Rate (MRU per USD, eop)	354	358	374	359	364
Exchange Rate (LCU per USD, aop)	359	356	367	373	362
Current Account Balance (USD bn)	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-10.0	-13.0	-10.3	-6.9	-7.8
Merchandise Trade Balance (USD bn)	-1.5	-1.1	-1.3	0.1	-0.6
Merchandise Exports (USD bn)	2	2	2	3	3
Merchandise Imports (USD bn)	4	3	4	3	4
Merchandise Exports (ann. var. %)	23	3	10	25	15
Merchandise Imports (ann. var. %)	62	-10	11	-22	41
Foreign Direct Investment (USD bn)	0.6	0.8	-0.9	0.9	1.1
International Reserves (USD bn)	1	1	1	1	2
International Reserves (months of imports)	2.8	3.4	3.4	6.4	6.2
External Debt (USD bn)	5	5	5	6	5
External Debt (% of GDP)	77	70	67	68	48