International tourism, expenditures in Mauritania
Mauritania: International tourism, expenditures was 1.0% in 2020. ◆ Volatile
International tourism, expenditures in Mauritania, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
In 2020, international tourism, expenditures in Mauritania stood at 1.0%. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is down 37.4% on the previous year and down 60.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Mauritania peaked at 10.3% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2020.
That places Mauritania 173rd out of 186 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
International tourism, expenditures in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5.9% | — |
| 1996 | 7.1% | +20.6% |
| 1997 | 10.3% | +44.5% |
| 1998 | 10.0% | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 2.4% | -75.6% |
| 2013 | 2.6% | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 3.2% | +21.5% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | -10.6% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 2.2% | -27.1% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | -46.2% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | +31.4% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | -37.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.3% | 5.9% | 10.3% | 4 |
| 2010s | 2.3% | 1.2% | 3.2% | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1 |
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 international tourism, expenditures in Mauritania?
- International tourism, expenditures in Mauritania was 1.0% in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 10.3% in 1997.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2020.
- How does Mauritania rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Mauritania ranks 173rd out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.