Mauritania's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) was US$93.28 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 44.72% from US$64.46 million in 2019 (7.67% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$93.28 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | US$64.46 million | 2019 |
| Highest | US$168.67 million | 2020 |
| Lowest | US$307,105 | 1977 |
| Average since 2017 | US$94.16 million | 2017–2024 |
| First recorded | US$440,792 | 1975 |
Over five years it is up 44.72% from US$64.46 million in 2019 (7.67% a year on average, compounded). Since 1975 it is up 21,063% from US$440,792 in 1975 (11.55% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 18 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2024, Mauritania's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) fell 44.1% on 2023 (from US$166.9 million to US$93.28 million).
Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1976 to 2023), the average change was +69.9% and a typical year strayed about 171.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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 731.2% in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 95.5% in 1993. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2017 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 12% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Mauritania had the 22nd highest value of the 27 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | US$93.28 million | 2024 |
| World | US$567.33 billion | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$54.16 billion | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | US$329.04 billion | 2024 |
Closest to Mauritania in the 2024 ranking
- Guinea-Bissau — 19th of 27: US$173.77 million
- West Bank and Gaza — 20th of 27: US$152.56 million
- Bhutan — 21st of 27: US$106.36 million
- Solomon Islands — 23rd of 27: US$77.77 million
- Namibia — 24th of 27: US$50.05 million
- Marshall Islands — 25th of 27: US$29.45 million
What this measures
Personal transfers are current transfers, in cash or in kind, received by resident households from non-resident households. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 32 values
| Year | Personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 93,284,139 |
| 2023 | 166,904,922 |
| 2022 | 109,264,817 |
| 2021 | 13,145,061 |
| 2020 | 168,665,176 |
| 2019 | 64,458,914 |
| 2018 | 60,391,857 |
| 2017 | 77,170,266 |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 |
Personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$13.53 million (2025)
- Benin — US$313.86 million (2023)
- Botswana — US$143.36 million (2025)
- Burkina Faso — US$537.52 million (2024)
- Burundi — US$240.45 million (2025)
- Cabo Verde — US$338.3 million (2025)
- Cameroon — US$593.65 million (2024)
- Comoros — US$301.04 million (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$3.22 billion (2025)
- Congo, Rep.
More economic policy & debt data for Mauritania
- Changes in inventories (current US$) — 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$4.65 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Mauritania's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP)?
- US$93.28 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is up 21,063% from US$440,792 in 1975 (11.55% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$168.67 million in 2020 and the lowest US$307,105 in 1977.
- How does Mauritania rank?
- 22nd highest of 27 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) unusual for Mauritania?
- In 2024, Mauritania's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) fell 44.1% on 2023 (from US$166.9 million to US$93.28 million). Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1976 to 2023), the average change was +69.9% and a typical year strayed about 171.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.TRF.PWKR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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