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Mauritania: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2004–2023 · 20 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2023
17.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
−3.5 pointsfrom 20.5%
Average, 2014–2023
15.5%10 years
Record high and low
28.7% (2004)low 11.2% (2019)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203119.8Forecast
203019.2Forecast
202918.6Forecast
202817.9Forecast
202717.7Forecast
202617.0Forecast
202516.3Forecast
202416.2Forecast
202317.0
202220.5
202113.4
202011.7
201911.2
201812.9
201713.3
201612.3
201514.5
201428.3

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook2004–2023
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2020
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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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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