Getting credit, legal rights index in Mauritania
Mauritania: Getting credit, legal rights index was 3 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Getting credit, legal rights index in Mauritania, 2004–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting credit, legal rights index in Mauritania is 3, measured in 2012. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit, legal rights index in Mauritania peaked at 3 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 3, in 2004.
That places Mauritania 38th out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the middle of the range.
Getting credit, legal rights index in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | — |
| 2005 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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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, legal rights index in Mauritania?
- Getting credit, legal rights index in Mauritania was 3 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 3 in 2004.
- What is the lowest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2004.
- How does Mauritania rank for getting credit, legal rights index?
- Mauritania ranks 38th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is getting credit, legal rights index rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as part of Getting credit, legal rights index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The strength of legal rights index measures the degree to which collateral and bankruptcy laws protect the rights of borrowers and lenders and thus facilitate lending. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.