Mauritania vs Zambia: Merchandise trade
Merchandise trade over time
- Mauritania
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 91.7% against 87.3% in Mauritania, a difference of 4.4%.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zambia ahead.
Mauritania ranks 36th and Zambia ranks 33rd of 204 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30.9% | 79.4% | 48.5% | Zambia |
| 1970s | 46.1% | 71.8% | 25.7% | Zambia |
| 1980s | 47.6% | 60.4% | 12.8% | Zambia |
| 1990s | 42.8% | 52.7% | 9.9% | Zambia |
| 2000s | 56.8% | 53.8% | 3.0% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 78.4% | 67.6% | 10.8% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 81.8% | 80.1% | 1.7% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise trade, Mauritania or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 91.7% against 87.3% in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in merchandise trade between Mauritania and Zambia?
- 4.4%, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Zambia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Zambia rank globally for merchandise trade?
- Mauritania ranks 36th and Zambia ranks 33rd of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Trade Organization (WTO), published as Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.