Mauritania's final consumption expenditure (current LCU) was 325.27 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 106.96% from 157.16 billion in 2015 (7.54% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 325.27 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 200.62 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 157.16 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 325.27 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 0 | 1961 |
| Average since 2016 | 230.59 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 0 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Mauritania's final consumption expenditure (current LCU) rose 32.73 billion on 2024 (from 292.55 billion to 325.27 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +9.29 billion and a typical year strayed about 6.92 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 33.31 billion in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.04 billion in 1994. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 17.69 billion a year. A straight line explains 96% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Mauritania had the 95th highest value of the 132 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Mauritania in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. Final consumption expenditure can be measured for households, general government, the central bank and non-profit institutions serving households. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 65 values
| Year | Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 325,271,468,400 |
| 2024 | 292,545,000,000 |
| 2023 | 277,149,200,000 |
| 2022 | 259,409,300,000 |
| 2021 | 226,094,500,000 |
| 2020 | 200,622,700,000 |
| 2019 | 197,463,100,000 |
| 2018 | 185,378,500,000 |
| 2017 | 175,021,300,000 |
| 2016 | 166,907,300,000 |
Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 80.56 trillion (2024)
- Benin — 9.6 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 207.88 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 12.51 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 12.88 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 281.09 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 29.82 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 1.87 trillion (2025)
- Chad — 8.37 trillion (2025)
- Comoros — 874.7 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Mauritania
- Changes in inventories (current US$) — US$2.03 billion (2025)
- Changes in inventories (current LCU) — 80.64 billion (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$8.17 billion (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 69.99% (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$) — US$13.35 billion (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU) — 531.28 billion (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) — 114.32% (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current US$) — US$4.65 billion (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU) — 185.21 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Mauritania's final consumption expenditure (current LCU)?
- 325.27 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How does Mauritania rank?
- 95th highest of 132 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in final consumption expenditure (current LCU) unusual for Mauritania?
- In 2025, Mauritania's final consumption expenditure (current LCU) rose 32.73 billion on 2024 (from 292.55 billion to 325.27 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +9.29 billion and a typical year strayed about 6.92 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.TOTL.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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