Mauritania - Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) in Mauritania was 56.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 84.60 in 1997, while its lowest value was 34.14 in 1966.

Definition: Household final consumption expenditure (formerly private consumption) is the market value of all goods and services, including durable products (such as cars, washing machines, and home computers), purchased by households. It excludes purchases of dwellings but includes imputed rent for owner-occupied dwellings. It also includes payments and fees to governments to obtain permits and licenses. Here, household consumption expenditure includes the expenditures of nonprofit institutions serving households, even when reported separately by the country. This item also includes any statistical discrepancy in the use of resources relative to the supply of resources.

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

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Year Value
1966 34.14
1967 36.82
1968 38.44
1969 39.47
1970 40.60
1971 39.49
1972 41.99
1973 56.50
1974 64.55
1975 58.40
1976 59.95
1977 60.90
1978 58.79
1979 61.07
1980 55.08
1981 57.41
1982 74.11
1983 67.31
1984 68.45
1985 60.19
1986 65.99
1987 61.23
1988 57.22
1989 59.64
1990 65.43
1991 64.99
1992 73.11
1993 79.49
1994 44.08
1995 71.35
1996 79.36
1997 84.60
1998 71.93
1999 72.23
2000 75.97
2001 76.69
2002 77.38
2003 76.31
2004 73.90
2005 68.70
2006 58.07
2007 62.14
2008 62.95
2009 65.32
2010 56.17
2011 49.01
2012 53.03
2013 52.06
2014 61.40
2015 63.88
2016 60.58
2017 58.52
2018 57.47
2019 55.12
2020 56.93

Limitations and Exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Household final consumption expenditure is often estimated as a residual, by subtracting all other known expenditures from GDP. The resulting aggregate may incorporate fairly large discrepancies. When household consumption is calculated separately, many of the estimates are based on household surveys, which tend to be one-year studies with limited coverage. Thus the estimates quickly become outdated and must be supplemented by estimates using price- and quantity-based statistical procedures. Complicating the issue, in many developing countries the distinction between cash outlays for personal business and those for household use may be blurred. Informal economic activities pose a particular measurement problem, especially in developing countries, where much economic activity is unrecorded. A complete picture of the economy requires estimating household outputs produced for home use, sales in informal markets, barter exchanges, and illicit or deliberately unreported activities. The consistency and completeness of such estimates depend on the skill and methods of the compiling statisticians.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts