Mauritania: Financial openness
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| Mauritania |
Financial openness index |
|---|---|
| Latest value | -1.248 |
| Year | 2022 |
| Measure | index points |
| Data availability | 1970 - 2022 |
| Average | -1.270 |
| Min - Max | -1.935 - -0.171 |
| Source | Chinn-Ito Index |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2022 is -1.248 index points, unchanged from -1.248 index points in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 0.307 index points, based on data from 174 countries. Historically, the average for Mauritania from 1970 to 2022 is -1.27 index points. The minimum value, -1.935 index points, was reached in 1972 while the maximum of -0.171 index points was recorded in 1996.
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| Recent values | Mauritania: Financial openness |
|---|---|
| 2022 | -1.248 |
| 2021 | -1.248 |
| 2020 | -1.248 |
| 2019 | -1.248 |
| 2018 | -1.248 |
| 2017 | -1.248 |
| 2016 | -1.248 |
| 2015 | -1.248 |
Definition: The Chinn-Ito index measures a country's degree of capital account openness and was introduced in Chinn and Ito (Journal of Development Economics, 2006). It is based on variables that codify the restrictions on cross-border financial transactions in the IMF's Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions. Higher values mean greater financial openness.
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| Related indicators | Latest | Reference | Measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terms of trade | 123.00 | 2024 | percent |
| Trade openness | 94.02 | 2025 | percent |
| Financial openness | -1.248 | 2022 | index points |
| Exports, percent of GDP | 39.85 | 2025 | percent |
| Exports, billion dollars | 4.65 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Growth of exports | -0.55 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, percent of GDP | 54.17 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, billion dollars | 6.33 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP | 13.24 | 2024 | percent |
| Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars | 1.44 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Portfolio investment inflows, equities | 0.00 | 1998 | million dollars (current) |
| Current account, percent of GDP | -9.55 | 2024 | percent |
| Current account, in dollars | -1.04 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Trade balance, percent of GDP | -14.32 | 2025 | percent |
| Trade balance, in dollars | -1.32 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Reserves | 2.04 | 2021 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Remittances, percent of GDP | 0.87 | 2024 | percent |
| Remittances | 94.54 | 2024 | million U.S. dollars |
| Net errors and omissions | 143.75 | 2024 | million USD |
| External debt | 42.93 | 2023 | percent |
| Short-term external debt | 5.61 | 2023 | percent |
| Short-term debt to reserves | 8.85 | 2021 | percent |