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Gross capital formation (% of GDP) — Mauritania

Gross capital formation (% of GDP) in Mauritania in 2025 — 44.3%. Ranked 2 in the world out of 131. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 19.6 pp.

2025 44.3% +1.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 2of 131
Period maximum 49.2%2012
Period minimum 4.4%1973

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % of GDP

Gross capital formation (% of GDP) — Mauritania, 1961–2025020406019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 24.7%1963: 18.4%1965: 7.1%1967: 10.9%1969: 11.4%1971: 11.6%1973: 4.4%1975: 17.5%1977: 19.8%1979: 12.9%1981: 21.2%1983: 18.4%1985: 19.7%1987: 19.8%1989: 13%1991: 14.6%1993: 10%1995: 14.2%1997: 10.6%1999: 11.1%2001: 12.5%2003: 21.5%2005: 48.9%2007: 28.1%2009: 26.4%2011: 38.7%2013: 47.6%2015: 38.5%2017: 37.9%2019: 40%2021: 40.6%2023: 44.5%2025: 44.3%
Change over the period: +19.6 pp Annual average: 0.31 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritania 44.3%
Sub-Saharan Africa 23.1%
Western Africa computed 24.7%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 30.1%
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 44.3 +1.2 pp
2024 43.1 −1.5 pp
2023 44.5 −4.5 pp
2022 49.1 +8.5 pp
2021 40.6 +2 pp
2020 38.7 −1.4 pp
2019 40 −6.4 pp
2018 46.4 +8.6 pp
2017 37.9 +6.6 pp
2016 31.3 −7.2 pp
2015 38.5 −3.3 pp
2014 41.8 −5.8 pp
2013 47.6 −1.6 pp
2012 49.2 +10.5 pp
2011 38.7 +6.4 pp
2010 32.3 +5.8 pp
2009 26.4 −6.6 pp
2008 33 +4.9 pp
2007 28.1 +2.1 pp
2006 26 −22.9 pp
2005 48.9 +13.7 pp
2004 35.3 +13.8 pp
2003 21.5 +11.9 pp
2002 9.5 −3 pp
2001 12.5 +1.2 pp
2000 11.3 +0.2 pp
1999 11.1 +1.4 pp
1998 9.8 −0.8 pp
1997 10.6 −1.7 pp
1996 12.3 −1.9 pp
1995 14.2 −20.1 pp
1994 34.3 +24.3 pp
1993 10 −4.4 pp
1992 14.4 −0.2 pp
1991 14.6 +0.7 pp
1990 14 +1 pp
1989 13 −6.6 pp
1988 19.6 −0.2 pp
1987 19.8 −1 pp
1986 20.8 +1.1 pp
1985 19.7 +2.6 pp
1984 17.1 −1.4 pp
1983 18.4 −5.5 pp
1982 23.9 +2.7 pp
1981 21.2 +2.9 pp
1980 18.4 +5.4 pp
1979 12.9 −2.8 pp
1978 15.7 −4.1 pp
1977 19.8 −1.7 pp
1976 21.5 +4 pp
1975 17.5 +9.3 pp
1974 8.2 +3.8 pp
1973 4.4 −11 pp
1972 15.4 +3.8 pp
1971 11.6 +0.4 pp
1970 11.2 −0.2 pp
1969 11.4 −2.6 pp
1968 14 +3.1 pp
1967 10.9 +3.9 pp
1966 7 −0.1 pp
1965 7.1 −1.1 pp
1964 8.2 −10.2 pp
1963 18.4 −11.8 pp
1962 30.2 +5.5 pp
1961 24.7 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

MR Mauritania 44.3 GM Gambia 40.4 GN Guinea 37 BJ Benin 35.8 SN Senegal 26.9 GW Guinea-Bissau 25.8 SL Sierra Leone 23.2 NE Niger 22 ML Mali 20 CI Côte d'Ivoire 19.3 CV Cabo Verde 17.4 BF Burkina Faso 17.2
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About the indicator

Gross capital formation as a percent of GDP: outlays on fixed assets (buildings, structures, machinery, transport equipment, infrastructure), changes in inventories of material working assets and net acquisition of valuables. A steadily high rate of capital formation is a necessary condition for fast growth: during the economic surges of East Asia the indicator exceeded 35–40% of GDP.

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

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