Mauritania

Mauritania slipped 1 place to 152nd in 2025, now between Togo and Montenegro, even as real output grew 4.0%. US$ GDP rose 7.4% to US$11.7 billion.

Services make up 42.4% of output, industry 29.7% and agriculture 20.0%, while manufacturing contributes just 4.6% of GDP. Inflation was 1.6% and unemployment 10.3%. Government gross debt stands at 40.4% of GDP, according to the IMF.

The economy is 6.6 times its 2000 size of US$1.8 billion, when it ranked 148th. With a population of 5.3 million, GDP per capita is US$2,198, 158th of 196, and $7,676 international dollars in PPP terms, 148th. It is about the size of the Monroe, LA metro area and the 34th largest of 47 economies in Sub-Saharan Africa. The IMF projects GDP of US$17.2 billion by 2030, up 47%, which would lift Mauritania to 144th. Nouakchott is the capital.