Mauritania's gross capital formation (constant LCU) was 172.43 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 122.13% from 77.62 billion in 2015 (8.31% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 172.43 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 143.59 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 77.62 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 172.43 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 1.66 billion | 1973 |
| Average since 2016 | 133.23 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 4.99 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Mauritania's gross capital formation (constant LCU) rose 4.2% on 2024 (from 165.41 billion to 172.43 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +21.4% and a typical year strayed about 78.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 429.1% in 1995 and the biggest yearly fall was 76.3% 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 9.98 billion a year. A straight line explains 88% 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.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 204.53 billion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 7.22 billion, against 17.04 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Mauritania had the 70th highest value of the 123 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
- Switzerland — 67th of 123: 247.57 billion
- Guinea-Bissau — 68th of 123: 198.32 billion
- Netherlands — 69th of 123: 186.5 billion
- North Macedonia — 71st of 123: 166.41 billion
- Equatorial Guinea — 72nd of 123: 162.77 billion
- Romania — 73rd of 123: 153.93 billion
What this measures
Gross capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of produced assets for purposes of fixed capital formation, inventories or valuables. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 65 values
| Year | Gross capital formation (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 172,429,000,000 |
| 2024 | 165,406,270,100 |
| 2023 | 156,056,131,300 |
| 2022 | 147,592,561,400 |
| 2021 | 135,337,039,700 |
| 2020 | 143,593,729,100 |
| 2019 | 122,541,259,200 |
| 2018 | 128,720,310,600 |
| 2017 | 89,364,032,100 |
| 2016 | 71,267,933,500 |
Gross capital formation (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 2.64 trillion (2024)
- Benin — 3.53 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 64.6 billion (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 3.1 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 55.5 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 5.49 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 110.67 billion (2025)
- Chad — 2.14 trillion (2025)
- Comoros — 100.52 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 6.22 trillion (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$8.17 billion (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 325.27 billion (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 69.99% (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$) — 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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Mauritania's gross capital formation (constant LCU)?
- 172.43 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1961?
- It is up 3,356% from 4.99 billion in 1961 (5.69% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 172.43 billion in 2025 and the lowest 1.66 billion in 1973.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.TOTL.KN, 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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