Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Mauritania

Imports (% of GDP) in Mauritania in 2025 — 54.17%. Ranked 46 in the world out of 138. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 35.49 pp.

2025 54.17% +1.98 pp vs 2024
World rank 46of 138
Period maximum 62.53%2012
Period minimum 14.54%1966

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Mauritania, 1961–202502040608019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 18.68%1963: 20.4%1965: 14.93%1967: 16.09%1969: 16.23%1971: 16.99%1973: 32%1975: 41.71%1977: 50.81%1979: 41.29%1981: 51.76%1983: 52.7%1985: 55.8%1987: 45.99%1989: 39.19%1991: 28.28%1993: 20.72%1995: 31.93%1997: 29.36%1999: 26.45%2001: 35.16%2003: 36.19%2005: 61.48%2007: 45.54%2009: 44.76%2011: 48.3%2013: 56.85%2015: 47.15%2017: 44.31%2019: 51.09%2021: 48.45%2023: 53.76%2025: 54.17%
Change over the period: +35.49 pp Annual average: 0.55 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritania 54.17%
World 28.5%
Western Africa computed 31.67%
Imports (% of GDP) — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 54.17 +1.98 pp
2024 52.19 −1.57 pp
2023 53.76 −8.53 pp
2022 62.29 +13.84 pp
2021 48.45 +3.08 pp
2020 45.37 −5.72 pp
2019 51.09 −1.47 pp
2018 52.56 +8.25 pp
2017 44.31 +5.08 pp
2016 39.23 −7.92 pp
2015 47.15 −7.07 pp
2014 54.22 −2.63 pp
2013 56.85 −5.68 pp
2012 62.53 +14.22 pp
2011 48.3 +0.62 pp
2010 47.68 +2.92 pp
2009 44.76 −7.75 pp
2008 52.52 +6.98 pp
2007 45.54 +5.12 pp
2006 40.42 −21.06 pp
2005 61.48 +9.53 pp
2004 51.95 +15.76 pp
2003 36.19 +4.18 pp
2002 32.01 −3.15 pp
2001 35.16 +1.74 pp
2000 33.42 +6.98 pp
1999 26.45 −0.48 pp
1998 26.93 −2.43 pp
1997 29.36 −1.93 pp
1996 31.29 −0.64 pp
1995 31.93 +3.94 pp
1994 27.99 +7.27 pp
1993 20.72 +0.76 pp
1992 19.96 −8.32 pp
1991 28.28 −13.67 pp
1990 41.94 +2.76 pp
1989 39.19 −4.34 pp
1988 43.53 −2.46 pp
1987 45.99 −8.79 pp
1986 54.78 −1.02 pp
1985 55.8 +5.28 pp
1984 50.51 −2.19 pp
1983 52.7 −5.8 pp
1982 58.5 +6.74 pp
1981 51.76 +5.72 pp
1980 46.04 +4.74 pp
1979 41.29 −3.49 pp
1978 44.79 −6.03 pp
1977 50.81 −2.98 pp
1976 53.8 +12.08 pp
1975 41.71 +0.77 pp
1974 40.95 +8.94 pp
1973 32 −1.98 pp
1972 33.98 +16.99 pp
1971 16.99 −0.24 pp
1970 17.24 +1 pp
1969 16.23 +1.08 pp
1968 15.16 −0.94 pp
1967 16.09 +1.55 pp
1966 14.54 −0.39 pp
1965 14.93 −0.69 pp
1964 15.63 −4.78 pp
1963 20.4 −1.07 pp
1962 21.47 +2.79 pp
1961 18.68

About the indicator

Imports of goods and services as a percent of GDP — a measure of how far an economy depends on supplies from abroad. High values are typical both of small open economies and of countries embedded in global supply chains, where imported components are processed and shipped back out.

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