Imports as a share of GDP fell 14.6% to 0.532% in Mauritania in 2023, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, imports as a share of GDP in Mauritania reached an all time high of 0.625% in 2012 and an all time low of 0.145% in 1966. When compared to Mauritania's main peers, imports as a share of GDP in Algeria amounted to 0.201%, 0.328% in Mali, 0.510% in Morocco and 0.483% in Senegal in 2023.
Mauritania has been ranked 58th within the group of 157 countries we follow in terms of imports as a share of GDP, 6 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Imports (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 | % | 0.290% | 0.261% | 0.249% | 0.234% | 0.204% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 0.325% | 0.312% | 0.290% | 0.296% | 0.331% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | % | 0.425% | 0.358% | 0.378% | 0.355% | 0.362% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 0.488% | 0.434% | 0.688% | 0.590% | 0.487% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 0.242% | 0.366% | 0.306% | 0.722% | 0.643% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 0.301% | 0.323% | 0.309% | 0.333% | 0.355% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 0.526% | 0.511% | 0.454% | 0.485% | 0.623% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | 0.434% | 0.419% | 0.380% | 0.424% | 0.563% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.262% | 0.263% | 0.258% | 0.270% | 0.264% | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 0.388% | 0.393% | 0.393% | 0.447% | 0.529% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 0.321% | 0.317% | 0.290% | 0.328% | 0.389% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | 0.584% | 0.564% | 0.464% | 0.519% | 0.648% |
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