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Employment in services — Mauritania

Employment in services in Mauritania in 2025 — 52.8%. Ranked 111 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 14.3 pp.

2025 52.8% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 111of 182
Period maximum 52.8%2025
Period minimum 38.5%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Mauritania, 1991–2025354045505519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 38.5%1992: 38.8%1993: 39%1994: 39.2%1995: 39.6%1996: 40%1997: 40.3%1998: 40.7%1999: 41%2000: 41.4%2001: 41.8%2002: 42.3%2003: 42.9%2004: 43.5%2005: 44.2%2006: 44.9%2007: 45.4%2008: 45.9%2009: 46.5%2010: 47.1%2011: 47.6%2012: 48.2%2013: 48.7%2014: 49.3%2015: 49.9%2016: 50.2%2017: 50.8%2018: 51.2%2019: 51.8%2020: 50.6%2021: 50.4%2022: 51%2023: 51.8%2024: 52.3%2025: 52.8%
Change over the period: +14.3 pp Annual average: 0.42 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritania 52.8%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Western Africa computed 44.3%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 52.8 +0.6 pp
2024 52.3 +0.5 pp
2023 51.8 +0.7 pp
2022 51 +0.6 pp
2021 50.4 −0.2 pp
2020 50.6 −1.2 pp
2019 51.8 +0.6 pp
2018 51.2 +0.5 pp
2017 50.8 +0.5 pp
2016 50.2 +0.4 pp
2015 49.9 +0.5 pp
2014 49.3 +0.6 pp
2013 48.7 +0.5 pp
2012 48.2 +0.6 pp
2011 47.6 +0.6 pp
2010 47.1 +0.6 pp
2009 46.5 +0.6 pp
2008 45.9 +0.5 pp
2007 45.4 +0.5 pp
2006 44.9 +0.7 pp
2005 44.2 +0.7 pp
2004 43.5 +0.6 pp
2003 42.9 +0.6 pp
2002 42.3 +0.5 pp
2001 41.8 +0.4 pp
2000 41.4 +0.4 pp
1999 41 +0.3 pp
1998 40.7 +0.4 pp
1997 40.3 +0.3 pp
1996 40 +0.4 pp
1995 39.6 +0.4 pp
1994 39.2 +0.2 pp
1993 39 +0.2 pp
1992 38.8 +0.3 pp
1991 38.5 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

CV Cabo Verde 67.7 GM Gambia 53.6 MR Mauritania 52.8 LR Liberia 50.5 NG Nigeria 49.5 SN Senegal 47.9 GH Ghana 47.2 TG Togo 44.2 SL Sierra Leone 44 BJ Benin 41.4 CI Côte d'Ivoire 40.3 GN Guinea 38.5 BF Burkina Faso 31.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.2 ML Mali 28.4 NE Niger 17.7
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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The contribution of trade, transport, finance, IT and public administration to value added.

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The share of workers employed in mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction.

Mauritania by year Labor Employment in agriculture

The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Mauritania by year Labor Unemployment rate

The share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.

Mauritania by year Labor Youth unemployment

The unemployment rate at ages 15–24 — almost always two to three times the overall rate.

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