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Current account balance (World Bank) — Mauritania

Current account balance (World Bank) in Mauritania in 2024 — -9.55%. Ranked 145 in the world out of 165. Since 1975, the indicator has fallen by 0.57 pp.

2024 -9.55% −0.51 pp vs 2023
World rank 145of 165
Period maximum 4.28%1996
Period minimum -24.94%1982

Trend over time

1975–2024 · % of GDP

Current account balance (World Bank) — Mauritania, 1975–2024-30-20-10010197519801985199019952000200520102015202020241975: -8.98%1976: -11.09%1977: -15.3%1978: -9.72%1979: -10.18%1980: -12.72%1981: -13.31%1982: -24.94%1983: -18.28%1984: -10.3%1985: -11.49%1986: -16.37%1987: -10.95%1988: -6.78%1989: -1.28%1990: -0.64%1991: -1.4%1992: -5.46%1993: -9.42%1994: -3.59%1995: 1.06%1996: 4.28%1997: 2.31%1998: 3.8%2012: -18.22%2013: -17.45%2014: -22.27%2015: -15.46%2016: -11.03%2017: -10.41%2018: -13.01%2019: -10.53%2020: -6.98%2021: -8.76%2022: -14.89%2023: -9.04%2024: -9.55%
Change over the period: −0.57 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritania -9.55%
World computed 0.39%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -0.73%
Western Africa computed 2.01%
Lower-middle-income countries computed -0.77%
Current account balance (World Bank) — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 -9.55 −0.51 pp
2023 -9.04 +5.85 pp
2022 -14.89 −6.13 pp
2021 -8.76 −1.79 pp
2020 -6.98 +3.55 pp
2019 -10.53 +2.49 pp
2018 -13.01 −2.61 pp
2017 -10.41 +0.62 pp
2016 -11.03 +4.43 pp
2015 -15.46 +6.81 pp
2014 -22.27 −4.82 pp
2013 -17.45 +0.77 pp
2012 -18.22 —
1998 3.8 +1.49 pp
1997 2.31 −1.97 pp
1996 4.28 +3.22 pp
1995 1.06 +4.65 pp
1994 -3.59 +5.83 pp
1993 -9.42 −3.95 pp
1992 -5.46 −4.06 pp
1991 -1.4 −0.76 pp
1990 -0.64 +0.64 pp
1989 -1.28 +5.49 pp
1988 -6.78 +4.17 pp
1987 -10.95 +5.42 pp
1986 -16.37 −4.88 pp
1985 -11.49 −1.19 pp
1984 -10.3 +7.98 pp
1983 -18.28 +6.66 pp
1982 -24.94 −11.63 pp
1981 -13.31 −0.59 pp
1980 -12.72 −2.53 pp
1979 -10.18 −0.46 pp
1978 -9.72 +5.58 pp
1977 -15.3 −4.21 pp
1976 -11.09 −2.1 pp
1975 -8.98 —

Western Africa, 2024

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

NG Nigeria 7.54 CV Cabo Verde 3.94 LR Liberia 2.51 GH Ghana 1.92 GN Guinea -1.57 BF Burkina Faso -3.97 GM Gambia -4.15 ML Mali -4.33 CI Côte d'Ivoire -4.47 NE Niger -6.09 GW Guinea-Bissau -7.36 MR Mauritania -9.55 SL Sierra Leone -14.12
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About the indicator

The current account balance of the balance of payments as a percent of GDP from World Bank data. It duplicates the IMF indicator in meaning but rests on a different source and carries no forecast part — useful for cross-checking: noticeable divergences between the two series usually point to a revision of the statistics.

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

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