Mauritania: Trade balance, percent of GDP

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 Mauritania

Trade balance as percent of GDP

 Latest value -7.99
 Year 2023
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1961 - 2023
 Average -5.08
 Min - Max -34.73 - 19.54
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2023 is -7.99 percent, a decline from -5.68 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is -3.03 percent, based on data from 137 countries. Historically, the average for Mauritania from 1961 to 2023 is -5.08 percent. The minimum value, -34.73 percent, was reached in 2005 while the maximum of 19.54 percent was recorded in 1966. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Mauritania - Trade balance, percent of GDP - historical chart - 1961-2023




The trade balance for Mauritania and other countries is calculated as the difference between the exports and imports of goods and services, as percent of GDP. A positive number means trade surplus and a negative number means trade deficit.
Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

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 Terms of trade 151.75 2021 percent
 Trade openness 96.35 2023 percent
 Financial openness -1.242 2021 index points
 Exports, percent of GDP 44.18 2023 percent
 Exports, billion dollars 4.62 2023 billion U.S. dollars
 Growth of exports -4.82 2023 percent
 Imports, percent of GDP 52.17 2023 percent
 Imports, billion dollars 5.45 2023 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 8.36 2023 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 1.40 2022 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities 0.00 2015 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP -9.80 2023 percent
 Current account, in dollars -1.42 2022 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, percent of GDP -7.99 2023 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars -1.64 2022 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 2.04 2021 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 0.57 2023 percent
 Remittances 60.00 2023 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions 77.79 2022 million USD
 External debt 47.35 2022 percent
 Short-term external debt 4.48 2022 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 8.85 2021 percent
 Foreign exchange reserves 1.90 6/2022 billion
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