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GDP per capita growth in Mauritania

GDP per capita growth in Mauritania was 1.18% in 2025, according to the World Bank. That is down 2.11 pts from 2024.

20251.18%
Change on 2024-2.11 pts
Series high24.141964
Series low-7.891975

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GDP per capita growth in Mauritania, 1962 to 2025

-10010203019621972198219922002201220251962: -1.94 %1963: -4.64 %1964: 24.14 %1965: 12.84 %1966: -2.68 %1967: 0.5 %1968: 6.91 %1969: -1.79 %1970: 8.62 %1971: -1.2 %1972: -3.68 %1973: -7.4 %1974: 8.88 %1975: -7.89 %1976: 5.41 %1977: -4.66 %1978: -3.29 %1979: 1.86 %1980: 0.48 %1981: 0.53 %1982: -5.11 %1983: 0.79 %1984: -5.97 %1985: 0.07 %1986: 2.71 %1987: -0.99 %1988: -1.18 %1989: 2.18 %1990: -4.23 %1991: -1.14 %1992: -1.95 %1993: 1.68 %1994: -6.3 %1995: 6.85 %1996: 3.75 %1997: -6.16 %1998: 0.15 %1999: 0.94 %2000: -6.56 %2001: -3.22 %2002: -0.84 %2003: 4.51 %2004: 2.3 %2005: 5.97 %2006: 15.4 %2007: -4.49 %2008: -3.16 %2009: -2.99 %2010: -0.6 %2011: 0.85 %2012: 1.12 %2013: 0.94 %2014: 1.18 %2015: 2.26 %2016: -1.73 %2017: 3.14 %2018: 1.7 %2019: 0.14 %2020: -3.23 %2021: -2.12 %2022: 3.71 %2023: 3.69 %2024: 3.29 %2025: 1.18 %-10010203019621984200620251962: -1.94 %1963: -4.64 %1964: 24.14 %1965: 12.84 %1966: -2.68 %1967: 0.5 %1968: 6.91 %1969: -1.79 %1970: 8.62 %1971: -1.2 %1972: -3.68 %1973: -7.4 %1974: 8.88 %1975: -7.89 %1976: 5.41 %1977: -4.66 %1978: -3.29 %1979: 1.86 %1980: 0.48 %1981: 0.53 %1982: -5.11 %1983: 0.79 %1984: -5.97 %1985: 0.07 %1986: 2.71 %1987: -0.99 %1988: -1.18 %1989: 2.18 %1990: -4.23 %1991: -1.14 %1992: -1.95 %1993: 1.68 %1994: -6.3 %1995: 6.85 %1996: 3.75 %1997: -6.16 %1998: 0.15 %1999: 0.94 %2000: -6.56 %2001: -3.22 %2002: -0.84 %2003: 4.51 %2004: 2.3 %2005: 5.97 %2006: 15.4 %2007: -4.49 %2008: -3.16 %2009: -2.99 %2010: -0.6 %2011: 0.85 %2012: 1.12 %2013: 0.94 %2014: 1.18 %2015: 2.26 %2016: -1.73 %2017: 3.14 %2018: 1.7 %2019: 0.14 %2020: -3.23 %2021: -2.12 %2022: 3.71 %2023: 3.69 %2024: 3.29 %2025: 1.18 %
%. Source: World Bank, GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-10-08.
All 64 values
Period%
20251.18
20243.29
20233.69
20223.71
2021-2.12
2020-3.23
20190.14
20181.7
20173.14
2016-1.73
20152.26
20141.18
20130.94
20121.12
20110.85
2010-0.6
2009-2.99
2008-3.16
2007-4.49
200615.4
20055.97
20042.3
20034.51
2002-0.84
2001-3.22
2000-6.56
19990.94
19980.15
1997-6.16
19963.75
19956.85
1994-6.3
19931.68
1992-1.95
1991-1.14
1990-4.23
19892.18
1988-1.18
1987-0.99
19862.71
19850.07
1984-5.97
19830.79
1982-5.11
19810.53
19800.48
19791.86
1978-3.29
1977-4.66
19765.41
1975-7.89
19748.88
1973-7.4
1972-3.68
1971-1.2
19708.62
1969-1.79
19686.91
19670.5
1966-2.68
196512.84
196424.14
1963-4.64
1962-1.94

Mauritania compared with nearby places

Antigua and Barbuda: 4.51 %Albania: 5.01 %Armenia: 5.35 %Angola: 0.08 %Argentina: 4.01 %Austria: 0.29 %Australia: -0.19 %Azerbaijan: 1.01 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2.91 %Bangladesh: 2.24 %Belgium: 0.28 %Burkina Faso: 2.99 %Bulgaria: 3.23 %Burundi: 1.76 %Benin: 5.51 %Brunei: -0.11 %Bolivia: -2.9 %Brazil: 1.89 %Bhutan: 7.31 %Botswana: -2.32 %Belarus: 1.82 %Belize: 1.33 %Canada: 0.79 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2.43 %Central African Republic: 1.04 %Republic of the Congo: 0.67 %Switzerland: 0.33 %Côte d’Ivoire: 3.97 %Chile: 1.97 %Cameroon: 0.59 %China: 5.14 %Colombia: 1.61 %Costa Rica: 4.09 %Cape Verde: 5.8 %Cyprus: 2.35 %Czechia: 2.75 %Germany: 0.27 %Djibouti: 5.11 %Denmark: 2.38 %Dominican Republic: 1.29 %Algeria: 2.46 %Ecuador: 2.85 %Estonia: 1.02 %Egypt: 2.78 %Spain: 1.77 %Ethiopia: 7.01 %Finland: -0.3 %Fiji: 2.71 %France: 0.59 %Gabon: 0.33 %United Kingdom: 1.09 %Georgia: 4.1 %Ghana: 4.03 %Gambia: 3.56 %Guinea: 4.99 %Equatorial Guinea: -8.08 %Greece: 1.99 %Guatemala: 2.71 %Guinea-Bissau: 3.55 %Guyana: 18.64 %Hong Kong: 3.84 %Honduras: 2.05 %Croatia: 3.14 %Haiti: -3.8 %Hungary: 1.01 %Indonesia: 4.29 %Ireland: 10.52 %Israel: 1.7 %India: 6.62 %Iraq: -4.19 %Iran: -3.72 %Iceland: -0.24 %Italy: 0.6 %Jamaica: 0.16 %Jordan: 3.11 %Japan: 1.69 %Kenya: 2.63 %Kyrgyzstan: 9.26 %Cambodia: 4.11 %Kiribati: 2.72 %South Korea: 1.14 %Kuwait: 3.41 %Kazakhstan: 5.22 %Laos: 3.17 %Sri Lanka: 5.73 %Liberia: 2.85 %Lesotho: 0.86 %Lithuania: 2.9 %Luxembourg: -0.82 %Latvia: 3.15 %Libya: 12.19 %Morocco: 3.63 %Moldova: 4.23 %Montenegro: 2.81 %Madagascar: 0.56 %North Macedonia: 3.68 %Mali: 2.58 %Myanmar: -2.64 %Mongolia: 5.52 %Mauritania: 1.18 %Mauritius: 3.32 %Malawi: -0.69 %Mexico: -0.27 %Malaysia: 3.94 %Mozambique: -3.31 %Namibia: -0.33 %Niger: 3.61 %Nigeria: 1.89 %Nicaragua: 3.56 %Netherlands: 1.25 %Norway: 0.39 %Nepal: 4.55 %New Zealand: -0.19 %Oman: -1.57 %Panama: 3.08 %Peru: 2.36 %Papua New Guinea: 3.81 %Philippines: 3.56 %Pakistan: 2.09 %Poland: 3.92 %Puerto Rico: 0.87 %Palestine: 1.95 %Portugal: 0.83 %Palau: 6.48 %Paraguay: 5.37 %Qatar: -1.06 %Romania: 0.84 %Serbia: 2.61 %Russia: 1.11 %Rwanda: 7.03 %Saudi Arabia: -0.23 %Solomon Islands: 1.21 %Sudan: 0.64 %Sweden: 1.29 %Singapore: 3.75 %Slovenia: 0.89 %Slovakia: 0.96 %Sierra Leone: 2.5 %Senegal: 4.26 %Somalia: -0.39 %Suriname: 0.93 %El Salvador: 3.46 %Eswatini: 3.09 %Chad: 2.05 %Togo: 4.02 %Thailand: 2.51 %Tajikistan: 6.43 %Timor-Leste: 5.63 %Turkmenistan: 4.57 %Tunisia: 1.9 %Türkiye: 3.17 %Trinidad and Tobago: -0.75 %Tanzania: 2.89 %Ukraine: -1.32 %Uganda: 3.5 %United States: 1.63 %Uruguay: 1.84 %Uzbekistan: 5.69 %Venezuela: 1.17 %Vietnam: 7.37 %Vanuatu: 0.78 %Samoa: 3.59 %South Africa: -0.04 %Zambia: 0.92 %Zimbabwe: 6.09 %
  • Under -1.8
  • -1.8 to -0.3
  • -0.3 to 0
  • 0 to 1.9
  • 1.9 to 3.6
  • 3.6 and over
  • No data
GDP per capita growth, 2025, %. Mauritania is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: World Bank. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Annual percentage change in real GDP per person, from GDP at constant 2015 US dollars divided by mid-year population. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.

Below gdp_growth when the population grows, above it when the population shrinks. Wars and oil shocks move it by tens of points in a year.

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World Bank, World Development Indicators. GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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World Bank. (2026). GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG) (GDP per capita growth, Mauritania, 1962 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG

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GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG), GDP per capita growth, Mauritania, 1962 to 2025. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gdp-per-capita-growth/mauritania. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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World Bank. 2026. GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG). GDP per capita growth, Mauritania, 1962 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gdp-per-capita-growth/mauritania.

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World Bank (2026) GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG), GDP per capita growth, Mauritania, 1962 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/gdp-per-capita-growth/mauritania (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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  author = {{World Bank}},
  title = {{GDP per capita growth (annual \%) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG): GDP per capita growth, Mauritania, 1962 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-10-18},
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}
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What is the GDP per capita growth in Mauritania?

GDP per capita growth in Mauritania was 1.18% in 2025, according to the World Bank. That is down 2.11 pts from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

World Bank. GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest GDP per capita growth in Mauritania?

24.14% in 1964, the highest value since 1962 in this series.

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