Investment share of GDP in Mauritania

Investment in Mauritania was equal to 44.3% of GDP in 2025.

Mauritania, 2025 44.3% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +1.2percentage points 2024: 43.1%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Mauritania (2025).

Investment share of GDP in Mauritania over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period MauritaniaWorld
2025 44.3% –
2024 43.1% 26.3%
2023 44.5% 26.7%
2022 49.1% 27.5%
2021 40.6% 27.2%
2020 38.7% 26.5%
2019 40.0% 26.6%
2018 46.4% 26.7%
2017 37.9% 26.1%
2016 31.3% 25.7%
2015 38.5% 25.9%
2014 41.8% 25.9%
2013 47.6% 25.6%
2012 49.2% 25.5%
2011 38.7% 25.3%
2010 32.3% 24.6%
2009 26.4% 23.4%
2008 33.0% 25.5%
2007 28.1% 25.5%
2006 26.0% 25.0%
2005 48.9% 24.5%
2004 35.3% 24.1%
2003 21.5% 23.4%
2002 9.5% 23.3%
2001 12.5% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.2 percentage points from 43.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 38.5%, the figure has changed by +5.9 percentage points.

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
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · 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