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Government consumption (% of GDP) — Mauritania

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Mauritania in 2025 — 16%. Ranked 67 in the world out of 132. Since 1966, the indicator has fallen by 20.7 pp.

2025 16% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 67of 132
Period maximum 55.1%1977
Period minimum 10.5%2011

Trend over time

1966–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Mauritania, 1966–20250204060196619721978198419901996200220082014202020251966: 36.7%1967: 31.2%1968: 26.8%1969: 30.6%1970: 29%1971: 29.9%1972: 39.6%1973: 38.4%1974: 35.6%1975: 40.4%1976: 53.8%1977: 55.1%1978: 53.7%1979: 51.9%1980: 52%1981: 44.5%1982: 36.8%1983: 37.9%1984: 35.3%1985: 33.3%1986: 27.1%1987: 28%1988: 27.8%1989: 29%1990: 29.8%1991: 19%1992: 14.6%1993: 13.8%1994: 13.3%1995: 12.2%1996: 12.7%1997: 12.4%1998: 20.8%1999: 20.5%2000: 20.6%2001: 20.4%2002: 20.3%2003: 19.3%2004: 19.5%2005: 17.1%2006: 14%2007: 14.7%2008: 14.9%2009: 15.8%2010: 13.5%2011: 10.5%2012: 12.1%2013: 11.7%2014: 13.6%2015: 14.6%2016: 13.4%2017: 13.4%2018: 13%2019: 13.3%2020: 12.3%2021: 15%2022: 16.8%2023: 16.5%2024: 15.9%2025: 16%
Change over the period: −20.7 pp Annual average: -0.35 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mauritania

Mauritania 16%
Sub-Saharan Africa 17%
Western Africa computed 12.3%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 11.6%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 16 +0.2 pp
2024 15.9 −0.6 pp
2023 16.5 −0.3 pp
2022 16.8 +1.8 pp
2021 15 +2.7 pp
2020 12.3 −1 pp
2019 13.3 +0.3 pp
2018 13 −0.4 pp
2017 13.4 −0.1 pp
2016 13.4 −1.2 pp
2015 14.6 +1 pp
2014 13.6 +1.9 pp
2013 11.7 −0.4 pp
2012 12.1 +1.6 pp
2011 10.5 −3.1 pp
2010 13.5 −2.2 pp
2009 15.8 +0.8 pp
2008 14.9 +0.2 pp
2007 14.7 +0.7 pp
2006 14 −3.1 pp
2005 17.1 −2.4 pp
2004 19.5 +0.2 pp
2003 19.3 −1 pp
2002 20.3 −0.1 pp
2001 20.4 −0.2 pp
2000 20.6 +0.1 pp
1999 20.5 −0.3 pp
1998 20.8 +8.4 pp
1997 12.4 −0.3 pp
1996 12.7 +0.5 pp
1995 12.2 −1 pp
1994 13.3 −0.5 pp
1993 13.8 −0.8 pp
1992 14.6 −4.4 pp
1991 19 −10.8 pp
1990 29.8 +0.8 pp
1989 29 +1.1 pp
1988 27.8 −0.2 pp
1987 28 +0.9 pp
1986 27.1 −6.3 pp
1985 33.3 −1.9 pp
1984 35.3 −2.6 pp
1983 37.9 +1.1 pp
1982 36.8 −7.7 pp
1981 44.5 −7.5 pp
1980 52 +0.1 pp
1979 51.9 −1.9 pp
1978 53.7 −1.4 pp
1977 55.1 +1.3 pp
1976 53.8 +13.5 pp
1975 40.4 +4.7 pp
1974 35.6 −2.8 pp
1973 38.4 −1.2 pp
1972 39.6 +9.7 pp
1971 29.9 +0.9 pp
1970 29 −1.6 pp
1969 30.6 +3.8 pp
1968 26.8 −4.4 pp
1967 31.2 −5.5 pp
1966 36.7 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 22.9 BF Burkina Faso 17.8 GN Guinea 16.7 MR Mauritania 16 GW Guinea-Bissau 15.5 SN Senegal 15.4 ML Mali 13.1 NE Niger 12.2 GM Gambia 10.2 BJ Benin 8.9 CI Côte d'Ivoire 8.7 SL Sierra Leone 5.9
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About the indicator

General government final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP: compensation of public employees, purchases of goods and services for delivering public services, and spending on defense and security. It leaves out public investment and social transfers, so the indicator is lower than the overall size of the budget.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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