Mauritania
Summary statistics
Capital: Nouakchott
Currency: Mauritani an Ouguiya (MRU)
Area: 1,030,700 km²
Geographic Location: Region: West Africa, Coordinates: Appr. 18.09°N lat and 15.98°W lon.
Population: 5.2 million
Key Indicators
| Description | 2022 | 2023 |
| National Accounts | ||
| Real GDP Growth (annual percent change) | 6.5 | 4.5 |
| GDP (current prices, billions of US$) | 9.9 | 10.36 |
| GDP per capita (current prices, US$ per capita) | 2.28 thousand | 2.34 thousand |
| Inflation rate, average consumer prices (annual % change) | 9.6 | 7.5 |
| Trade | ||
| Imports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Exports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Merchandise Imports (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Merchandise Exports (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Gas + Petrol Imports (in thousands of $US) | ||
| Gas + Petrol Exports (in thousands of $US) | ||
| BOP ( BALANCE OF PAYMENTS) | ||
| Current account, balance (billions of $US) | -1.518 | -1.023 |
| Current account, balance ( % of GDP) | -15.3 | -9.9 |
| FINANCE | ||
| General government net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) | -3 | -2.7 |
| General government gross debt (% of GDP) | 50.8 | 49.5 |
| EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL INDICATORS | ||
| Population | 4,736,139 | 4,862,989 |