GDP per capita in US dollars in Mauritania

GDP per person in Mauritania was US$2,198 in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.

Measure: GDP per capita in US dollars Unit: Current US dollars per person Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Mauritania, 2025 US$2,198 Current US dollars per person
Change from 2024 +4.4% 2024: US$2,105 per person
World, 2025 US$14,406 per person Official aggregate
Position in 2025 151st of 186 See the full ranking

GDP per capita in US dollars in Mauritania over time

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Current US dollars per person. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

GDP per capita in US dollars (current US dollars per person), 2001 to 2025
Period MauritaniaWorld
2025 US$2,198 per person US$14,406 per person
2024 US$2,105 per person US$13,717 per person
2023 US$2,128 per person US$13,314 per person
2022 US$1,961 per person US$12,876 per person
2021 US$1,947 per person US$12,473 per person
2020 US$1,796 per person US$10,999 per person
2019 US$1,767 per person US$11,418 per person
2018 US$1,723 per person US$11,345 per person
2017 US$1,618 per person US$10,784 per person
2016 US$1,568 per person US$10,239 per person
2015 US$1,559 per person US$10,192 per person
2014 US$1,719 per person US$10,912 per person
2013 US$1,936 per person US$10,759 per person
2012 US$1,859 per person US$10,598 per person
2011 US$1,931 per person US$10,497 per person
2010 US$1,660 per person US$9,555 per person
2009 US$1,435 per person US$8,827 per person
2008 US$1,636 per person US$9,426 per person
2007 US$1,405 per person US$8,685 per person
2006 US$1,301 per person US$7,803 per person
2005 US$999 per person US$7,291 per person
2004 US$824 per person US$6,818 per person
2003 US$732 per person US$6,130 per person
2002 US$649 per person US$5,539 per person
2001 US$652 per person US$5,404 per person

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.4% from US$2,105 per person in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was US$1,559 per person, the figure has changed by +41.0%.
  • Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, Mauritania has the 151st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was US$14,406 per person.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Mauritania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices