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Services share of GDP — all countries

Services share of GDP — Mauritania

Services share of GDP in Mauritania in 2025 — 42.4%. Ranked 137 in the world out of 158. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 10.2 pp.

2025 42.4% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 137of 158
Period maximum 46.5%2015
Period minimum 30.2%1968

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Mauritania, 1961–2025303540455019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 32.1%1963: 39.4%1965: 33.4%1967: 32.1%1969: 30.5%1971: 32.6%1973: 33.9%1975: 36.7%1977: 41.4%1979: 43.3%1981: 43.2%1983: 46.3%1985: 43%1987: 42%1989: 39.4%1991: 41.1%1993: 40.1%1995: 39.9%1997: 41.7%1999: 36.6%2001: 41.3%2003: 43.4%2005: 40.7%2007: 38.3%2009: 42.7%2011: 36.2%2013: 37.9%2015: 46.5%2017: 43.9%2019: 42.8%2021: 41.3%2023: 43%2025: 42.4%
Change over the period: +10.2 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritania 42.4%
World computed 59.9%
Sub-Saharan Africa 50.2%
Western Africa computed 50.1%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 50.3%
Services share of GDP — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 42.4 −0.1 pp
2024 42.4 −0.6 pp
2023 43 −1.6 pp
2022 44.6 +3.3 pp
2021 41.3 +2.3 pp
2020 39 −3.9 pp
2019 42.8 −0.6 pp
2018 43.4 −0.5 pp
2017 43.9 +0 pp
2016 43.9 −2.6 pp
2015 46.5 +2.1 pp
2014 44.4 +6.5 pp
2013 37.9 −1 pp
2012 38.9 +2.7 pp
2011 36.2 −3.8 pp
2010 39.9 −2.8 pp
2009 42.7 +3.5 pp
2008 39.2 +0.9 pp
2007 38.3 +4.2 pp
2006 34.1 −6.6 pp
2005 40.7 −2.2 pp
2004 42.8 −0.5 pp
2003 43.4 +1.3 pp
2002 42.1 +0.8 pp
2001 41.3 +0.9 pp
2000 40.4 +3.7 pp
1999 36.6 +0.7 pp
1998 36 −5.7 pp
1997 41.7 +1.1 pp
1996 40.6 +0.6 pp
1995 39.9 −0.9 pp
1994 40.8 +0.7 pp
1993 40.1 −1.8 pp
1992 41.9 +0.8 pp
1991 41.1 −0.8 pp
1990 41.9 +2.5 pp
1989 39.4 −1.8 pp
1988 41.2 −0.8 pp
1987 42 +0.2 pp
1986 41.7 −1.2 pp
1985 43 −3 pp
1984 46 −0.3 pp
1983 46.3 +1.4 pp
1982 44.9 +1.7 pp
1981 43.2 −1.7 pp
1980 44.9 +1.6 pp
1979 43.3 −0.8 pp
1978 44.1 +2.7 pp
1977 41.4 +3.7 pp
1976 37.7 +1 pp
1975 36.7 +3.8 pp
1974 32.9 −1.1 pp
1973 33.9 −2.8 pp
1972 36.7 +4.2 pp
1971 32.6 −0.1 pp
1970 32.7 +2.2 pp
1969 30.5 +0.3 pp
1968 30.2 −1.9 pp
1967 32.1 +0.6 pp
1966 31.5 −1.9 pp
1965 33.4 −4.6 pp
1964 38.1 −1.4 pp
1963 39.4 +3 pp
1962 36.4 +4.3 pp
1961 32.1 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

CV Cabo Verde 67.9 TG Togo 61.7 NG Nigeria 58.2 GM Gambia 53.1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 51.2 BJ Benin 50.1 SN Senegal 46.3 GH Ghana 42.9 MR Mauritania 42.4 SL Sierra Leone 41.6 BF Burkina Faso 41.5 LR Liberia 40 GW Guinea-Bissau 39.1 ML Mali 36.6 GN Guinea 35.7 NE Niger 31.1
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of value added by the service sector in GDP: wholesale and retail trade, transport, communications, finance, real estate, business and government services, education and health care. In most high-income countries it exceeds 70%; in small island states and tourism economies it reaches 80–90%.

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

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