Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Mauritania

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Mauritania in 2025 — 87.29%. Ranked 34 in the world out of 189. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 66.56 pp.

2025 87.29% +4.85 pp vs 2024
World rank 34of 189
Period maximum 93.05%2022
Period minimum 20.73%1961

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Mauritania, 1961–2025025507510019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 20.73%1963: 27.35%1965: 32.11%1967: 37.86%1969: 39.99%1971: 45%1973: 57.38%1975: 47.91%1977: 45.56%1979: 42.65%1981: 47.58%1983: 44.54%1985: 60.21%1987: 49.31%1989: 45.43%1991: 40.49%1993: 46.99%1995: 43.94%1997: 41.6%1999: 37.41%2001: 46.96%2003: 41.93%2005: 69.92%2007: 66.4%2009: 60.71%2011: 77.11%2013: 89.08%2015: 89.53%2017: 80.9%2019: 73.29%2021: 77.29%2023: 83.12%2025: 87.29%
Change over the period: +66.56 pp Annual average: 1.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritania 87.29%
World 43.89%
Western Africa computed 43.23%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 87.29 +4.85 pp
2024 82.43 −0.68 pp
2023 83.12 −9.94 pp
2022 93.05 +15.76 pp
2021 77.29 +9.83 pp
2020 67.47 −5.82 pp
2019 73.29 +3.26 pp
2018 70.03 −10.87 pp
2017 80.9 +21.64 pp
2016 59.25 −30.27 pp
2015 89.53 +2.13 pp
2014 87.4 −1.68 pp
2013 89.08 +3.32 pp
2012 85.76 +8.65 pp
2011 77.11 +5.88 pp
2010 71.22 +10.52 pp
2009 60.71 −10.92 pp
2008 71.62 +5.22 pp
2007 66.4 +1.75 pp
2006 64.65 −5.27 pp
2005 69.92 +12.23 pp
2004 57.69 +15.77 pp
2003 41.93 −1.01 pp
2002 42.94 −4.03 pp
2001 46.96 +1.5 pp
2000 45.46 +8.05 pp
1999 37.41 −1.26 pp
1998 38.67 −2.93 pp
1997 41.6 −2.53 pp
1996 44.14 +0.2 pp
1995 43.94 +4.24 pp
1994 39.69 −7.29 pp
1993 46.99 +8.54 pp
1992 38.44 −2.05 pp
1991 40.49 −16.38 pp
1990 56.87 +11.44 pp
1989 45.43 +3.45 pp
1988 41.98 −7.33 pp
1987 49.31 +0.34 pp
1986 48.96 −11.25 pp
1985 60.21 +13.77 pp
1984 46.45 +1.9 pp
1983 44.54 −1.36 pp
1982 45.91 −1.67 pp
1981 47.58 +1.78 pp
1980 45.8 +3.15 pp
1979 42.65 +4.87 pp
1978 37.78 −7.77 pp
1977 45.56 −0.51 pp
1976 46.06 −1.85 pp
1975 47.91 −1.03 pp
1974 48.94 −8.44 pp
1973 57.38 +14.23 pp
1972 43.15 −1.85 pp
1971 45 −1.87 pp
1970 46.86 +6.87 pp
1969 39.99 +5.63 pp
1968 34.36 −3.5 pp
1967 37.86 +3.34 pp
1966 34.52 +2.4 pp
1965 32.11 +4.5 pp
1964 27.62 +0.27 pp
1963 27.35 +3.61 pp
1962 23.74 +3.01 pp
1961 20.73

About the indicator

The sum of exports and imports of goods as a percent of GDP. It differs from trade openness in that services are not counted here, and the difference between the two indicators is exactly what shows the weight of services in a country's foreign trade. The highest values come not from large exporters but from transshipment economies — Singapore, Hong Kong, Luxembourg — where goods are brought in to be sent out again, and both flows are counted in full.

Important: Goods only. The value can exceed 100% of GDP: exports and imports are counted at the full value of the goods while GDP is counted as value added, so in transshipment economies the values run to several hundred percent.

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