Personal remittances received in Mauritania

Personal remittances received by Mauritania were equal to 0.9% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1975 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mauritania, 2024 0.9% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.7percentage points 2023: 1.6%
World, 2024 0.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 110th of 162 See the full ranking

Personal remittances received 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.

Personal remittances received (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period MauritaniaWorld
2025 – 0.8%
2024 0.9% 0.8%
2023 1.6% 0.8%
2022 1.1% 0.8%
2021 0.1% 0.7%
2020 2.0% 0.8%
2019 0.8% 0.7%
2018 0.8% 0.7%
2017 1.1% 0.7%
2016 – 0.7%
2015 – 0.7%
2014 – 0.7%
2013 – 0.7%
2012 – 0.7%
2011 – 0.6%
2010 – 0.6%
2009 – 0.7%
2008 – 0.6%
2007 – 0.6%
2006 – 0.6%
2005 – 0.5%
2004 – 0.5%
2003 – 0.5%
2002 – 0.5%
2001 – 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 1.6% in 2023.
  • Since 1996, when it was 0.2%, the figure has changed by +0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 162 countries with data for 2024, Mauritania has the 110th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 0.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1975 to 2024 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 staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data