Mauritania's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) was 36.87 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 114.6% from 17.18 billion in 2015 (7.93% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 36.87 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 24.56 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 17.18 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 36.87 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | -1.69 billion | 1966 |
| Average since 2016 | 24.89 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 362.6 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Mauritania's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) rose 1.93 billion on 2024 (from 34.94 billion to 36.87 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.07 billion and a typical year strayed about 2.68 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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 9.53 billion in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.03 billion in 2022. 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 1.97 billion a year. A straight line explains 76% 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 87th highest value of the 152 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
Taxes less subsidies on products are taxes payable per unit of a good or service. 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 | Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 36,874,059,000 |
| 2024 | 34,939,512,800 |
| 2023 | 28,624,022,600 |
| 2022 | 19,094,572,500 |
| 2021 | 27,129,278,800 |
| 2020 | 24,562,609,200 |
| 2019 | 20,913,962,000 |
| 2018 | 20,424,973,900 |
| 2017 | 19,146,276,300 |
| 2016 | 17,191,894,900 |
Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 107.63 billion (2025)
- Benin — 1.17 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 8.4 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 1.07 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 271.73 billion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 48.77 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 2.12 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 93.5 billion (2025)
- Chad — 399.13 billion (2025)
- Comoros
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 taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU)?
- 36.87 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1961?
- It is up 10,069% from 362.6 million in 1961 (7.49% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 36.87 billion in 2025 and the lowest -1.69 billion in 1966.
- How does Mauritania rank?
- 87th highest of 152 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) unusual for Mauritania?
- In 2025, Mauritania's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) rose 1.93 billion on 2024 (from 34.94 billion to 36.87 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.07 billion and a typical year strayed about 2.68 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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 NY.TAX.NIND.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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