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GDP per capita — Mauritania
Latest available year: 2025 · Data available from 1961 Latest is based on data available for Mauritania.
What this indicator means: Gross domestic product divided by midyear population. Frequency: annual · Unit: current US$ per person.
GDP per capita in Mauritania
1961–2025 · current US$ per person
Source & methodology
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators · View original source
World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are imported as published; null observations are excluded.
Status: verified · Last updated: 2026-09-12 17:02:20
Understanding GDP per capita in Mauritania
Gross domestic product divided by midyear population. AfriFacto presents the available historical observations so readers can understand the direction, scale and changes in gdp per capita over time. Where a source does not report a year, AfriFacto leaves that year as missing rather than estimating a value.
Historical data table
| Year | GDP per capita | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,198 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2024 | 2,105 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2023 | 2,128 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2022 | 1,961 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2021 | 1,947 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2020 | 1,796 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2019 | 1,767 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2018 | 1,723 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2017 | 1,618 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2016 | 1,568 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2015 | 1,559 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2014 | 1,719 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2013 | 1,936 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2012 | 1,859 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2011 | 1,931 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2010 | 1,660 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2009 | 1,435 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2008 | 1,636 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2007 | 1,405 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2006 | 1,301 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2005 | 999 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2004 | 824 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2003 | 732 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2002 | 649 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2001 | 652 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 2000 | 681 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1999 | 781 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1998 | 821 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1997 | 859 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1996 | 904 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1995 | 905 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1994 | 865 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1993 | 850 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1992 | 1,036 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1991 | 1,062 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1990 | 772 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1989 | 762 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1988 | 762 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1987 | 746 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1986 | 677 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1985 | 593 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1984 | 650 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1983 | 725 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1982 | 710 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1981 | 729 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1980 | 711 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1979 | 664 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1978 | 578 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1977 | 590 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1976 | 589 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1975 | 551 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1974 | 494 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1973 | 410 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1972 | 335 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1971 | 296 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1970 | 281 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1969 | 277 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1968 | 301 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1967 | 282 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1966 | 274 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1965 | 270 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1964 | 244 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1963 | 188 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1962 | 189 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
| 1961 | 188 current US$ per person | World Bank — World Development Indicators | verified |
African GDP per capita ranking 2025 · current US$ per person
The ranking uses the selected year. Countries without an observation for that year are omitted.
| Rank | Country | GDP per capita | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritania | 2,198 | 2025 |
Mauritania
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