Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Mauritania
Mauritania: Getting credit: Credit registry coverage was 8.4% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Mauritania, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Mauritania stood at 8.4%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.7% on the previous year and up 4,100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Mauritania peaked at 8.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2010.
Mauritania ranks 67th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.2% | — |
| 2005 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | -50.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | +100.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | +150.0% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | +180.0% |
| 2014 | 4.6% | +228.6% |
| 2015 | 6.1% | +32.6% |
| 2016 | 6.6% | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 7.1% | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 7.8% | +9.9% |
| 2019 | 8.4% | +7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 4.3% | 0.1% | 8.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More private sector data for Mauritania
- Merchandise trade 87.3% (2025)
- Food imports 23.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 40.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 25.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 4.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 848.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3861 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit registry coverage in Mauritania?
- Getting credit: credit registry coverage in Mauritania was 8.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 8.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2010.
- How does Mauritania rank for getting credit: credit registry coverage?
- Mauritania ranks 67th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit registry coverage rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4,100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit: Credit registry coverage (% of adults). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The credit registry coverage reports the number of individuals and firms listed in a credit registry’s database as of January 1 with information on their borrowing history from the past five years, and the number of individuals and firms that have had no borrowing history in the past five years but for which a lender requested a credit report from the registry in the previous calendar year. The number is expressed as a percentage of the adult population.