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Mauritania: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1968–2025 · 47 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
23.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.0 pointsfrom 23.7%
Average, 2016–2025
21.8%10 years
Record high and low
49.3% (1968)low 9.85% (1997)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202523.6
202423.7
202324.5
202228.7
202120.8
202018.5
201917.8
201819.1
201720.3
201620.8

Sources

  • Mitchell1968–1996
  • AFRISTAT1990–2022
  • African Development Bank1990–2025

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Mauritania documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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