Mauritania - External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Mauritania was -11.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 19.54 in 1966, while its lowest value was -34.73 in 2005.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1961 -7.31
1962 -9.95
1963 -0.43
1964 18.89
1965 18.51
1966 19.54
1967 16.89
1968 14.97
1969 14.55
1970 15.11
1971 14.89
1972 4.24
1973 5.12
1974 -2.66
1975 -11.24
1976 -23.72
1977 -24.83
1978 -18.34
1979 -14.99
1980 -16.85
1981 -16.04
1982 -26.74
1983 -16.44
1984 -14.38
1985 -8.31
1986 -10.27
1987 -7.07
1988 -3.68
1989 0.31
1990 -5.76
1991 -0.74
1992 2.42
1993 4.65
1994 6.71
1995 9.56
1996 7.87
1997 4.03
1998 -2.47
1999 -3.88
2000 -7.91
2001 -9.63
2002 -7.24
2003 -17.07
2004 -28.68
2005 -34.73
2006 1.94
2007 -5.02
2008 -10.91
2009 -7.52
2010 -1.94
2011 1.88
2012 -14.27
2013 -11.30
2014 -16.83
2015 -16.96
2016 -5.30
2017 -9.80
2018 -13.65
2019 -10.82
2020 -11.51

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts