Mauritania - External balance on goods and services

External balance on goods and services (current US$)

The latest value for External balance on goods and services (current US$) in Mauritania was ($910,881,700) as of 2020. Over the past 59 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $199,885,600 in 1995 and ($1,109,654,000) in 2014.

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). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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

See also:

Year Value
1961 ($11,643,090)
1962 ($16,343,960)
1963 ($722,747)
1964 $42,400,230
1965 $47,275,250
1966 $52,090,100
1967 $47,735,880
1968 $46,610,180
1969 $42,943,040
1970 $46,757,480
1971 $49,957,720
1972 $16,618,990
1973 $25,251,180
1974 ($16,330,600)
1975 ($79,078,030)
1976 ($183,840,200)
1977 ($198,395,500)
1978 ($147,539,800)
1979 ($142,657,400)
1980 ($176,545,100)
1981 ($177,293,600)
1982 ($296,506,300)
1983 ($191,593,600)
1984 ($154,454,300)
1985 ($83,880,200)
1986 ($121,814,700)
1987 ($95,125,150)
1988 ($52,120,470)
1989 $4,550,391
1990 ($86,867,780)
1991 ($15,695,140)
1992 $52,289,450
1993 $85,819,880
1994 $130,566,800
1995 $199,885,600
1996 $167,814,800
1997 $83,595,810
1998 ($50,253,320)
1999 ($77,025,380)
2000 ($140,691,700)
2001 ($168,097,500)
2002 ($128,629,100)
2003 ($350,099,700)
2004 ($677,572,200)
2005 ($1,019,639,000)
2006 $76,028,260
2007 ($218,081,000)
2008 ($568,257,900)
2009 ($354,401,600)
2010 ($109,315,600)
2011 $127,194,800
2012 ($959,806,700)
2013 ($816,323,600)
2014 ($1,109,654,000)
2015 ($1,045,683,000)
2016 ($339,324,200)
2017 ($666,555,800)
2018 ($1,003,794,000)
2019 ($853,363,300)
2020 ($910,881,700)

External balance on goods and services (current LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (current LCU) in Mauritania was -33,884,800,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,575,674,000 in 2011 and a minimum value of -35,803,620,000 in 2018.

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). Data are in current local currency.

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

Year Value
1961 -57,481,950
1962 -80,689,940
1963 -3,568,194
1964 209,329,500
1965 233,397,400
1966 257,168,300
1967 235,671,600
1968 230,114,000
1969 223,053,000
1970 259,700,000
1971 276,897,200
1972 83,920,410
1973 112,564,000
1974 -74,032,000
1975 -340,859,600
1976 -827,689,100
1977 -904,427,300
1978 -681,080,800
1979 -654,690,400
1980 -810,590,800
1981 -856,253,600
1982 -1,534,989,000
1983 -1,050,157,000
1984 -985,469,300
1985 -646,590,500
1986 -905,997,100
1987 -702,768,400
1988 -392,262,800
1989 37,791,450
1990 -700,232,400
1991 -128,615,400
1992 455,059,400
1993 1,036,756,000
1994 1,613,480,000
1995 2,593,875,000
1996 2,302,789,000
1997 1,269,427,000
1998 -947,154,400
1999 -1,613,790,000
2000 -3,361,447,000
2001 -4,297,060,000
2002 -3,495,353,000
2003 -9,208,673,000
2004 -17,978,220,000
2005 -27,081,600,000
2006 2,042,119,000
2007 -5,639,291,000
2008 -13,536,070,000
2009 -9,298,294,000
2010 -3,015,953,000
2011 3,575,674,000
2012 -28,469,790,000
2013 -24,545,380,000
2014 -33,592,000,000
2015 -33,950,400,000
2016 -11,956,800,000
2017 -23,862,700,000
2018 -35,803,620,000
2019 -31,310,580,000
2020 -33,884,800,000

External balance on goods and services (constant LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (constant LCU) in Mauritania was -48,935,550,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 6 years this indicator reached a maximum value of -21,417,270,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of -48,935,550,000 in 2020.

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). Data are in constant local currency.

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

Year Value
2014 -33,591,600,000
2015 -24,020,490,000
2016 -21,417,270,000
2017 -30,403,850,000
2018 -45,025,370,000
2019 -44,281,780,000
2020 -48,935,550,000

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

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts