Foreign direct investments as a share of GDP fell 45.7% to 0.080% in Mauritania in 2023, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign direct investments as a share of GDP in Mauritania reached an all time high of 0.277% in 2005 and an all time low of -0.174% in 1975. When compared to Mauritania's main peers, foreign direct investments as a share of GDP in Algeria amounted to 0.005%, 0.029% in Mali, 0.008% in Morocco and 0.156% in Senegal in 2023.
Mauritania has been ranked 19th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of foreign direct investments as a share of GDP, 6 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Foreign Direct Investments (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Algeria | % | 0.008% | 0.007% | 0.007% | 0.005% | 0.004% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 0.017% | 0.010% | -0.006% | -0.004% | 0.036% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Gambia | % | 0.049% | 0.039% | 0.105% | 0.125% | 0.105% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 0.030% | 0.003% | 0.013% | 0.012% | 0.033% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | ... | ... | ... | < 0.001% | ... | 0.017% | 0.016% | ... | |||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 0.023% | 0.042% | 0.026% | 0.028% | 0.032% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 0.103% | -0.112% | 0.112% | 0.116% | 0.147% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | 0.028% | 0.013% | 0.012% | 0.016% | 0.018% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.036% | 0.056% | 0.026% | 0.040% | 0.063% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 0.037% | 0.046% | 0.075% | 0.094% | 0.105% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 0.045% | 0.022% | 0.029% | 0.044% | 0.045% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | 0.023% | 0.019% | 0.015% | 0.012% | 0.014% | ... |
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