Mauritania - Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP)

Mauritania - Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP) 40.53

World Bank · updated 2026-10-03 · 175 economies tracked

Latest value

40.53 (2024)

Global rank

##65 of 175 economies

Share of global total

0.2%

Growth since 1990

0.34×

Ranking Race — Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · lower value ranks higher

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Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2025. Mauritania climbed from #79 to #65 (overtook Somalia, Federal Republic of). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

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Key Events — Mauritania

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2006

Climbed 43 places in global rank auto

2007

Fell 31 places in global rank auto

2020

Climbed 19 places in global rank auto

2021

Overtook Somalia, Federal Republic of in global rank auto

2021

Climbed 18 places in global rank auto

2023

Overtook Dominican Republic in global rank auto

Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP), 1990-2024

World Bank · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above

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