Mauritania - Imports of goods and services (annual % growth)

The value for Imports of goods and services (annual % growth) in Mauritania was 1.98 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65.87 in 1974 and a minimum value of -20.54 in 1978.

Definition: Annual growth rate of imports of goods and services based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2010 U.S. dollars. Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments.

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

See also:

Year Value
1962 16.92
1963 -4.47
1964 0.25
1965 6.76
1966 0.27
1967 23.52
1968 4.03
1969 -1.15
1970 8.48
1971 1.72
1972 41.37
1973 -6.80
1974 65.87
1975 10.52
1976 52.69
1977 -12.72
1978 -20.54
1979 -6.47
1980 1.27
1981 23.49
1982 19.08
1983 -2.69
1984 -5.58
1985 1.00
1986 13.47
1987 -11.86
1988 -9.03
1989 -7.31
1990 4.81
1991 -15.24
1992 -15.24
1993 -4.83
1994 -4.83
1995 17.37
1996 1.58
1997 -6.15
1998 6.33
1999 5.84
2000 23.30
2001 9.64
2002 -5.41
2003 25.94
2004 50.39
2005 26.40
2006 -19.25
2007 12.60
2008 11.98
2009 -6.17
2010 18.72
2011 14.20
2012 30.74
2013 -4.69
2014 -14.96
2015 -7.05
2016 -2.93
2017 14.75
2018 13.09
2019 11.74
2020 1.98

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts