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Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in Mauritania was 19.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 29.06 in 2011, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1970.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	0.61
1966	3.04
1967	1.85
1968	2.12
1969	1.04
1970	0.03
1985	0.34
1986	0.73
1987	14.90
1988	0.66
1989	4.22
1990	6.57
1991	8.73
1992	4.50
1993	7.65
1994	5.03
1995	5.22
1996	2.55
1997	11.42
1998	7.04
1999	4.22
2000	4.37
2001	6.51
2002	8.36
2003	5.34
2004	3.27
2005	3.21
2006	5.05
2007	5.58
2008	4.41
2009	4.24
2010	15.69
2011	29.06
2012	27.38
2013	22.70
2014	23.14
2015	26.84
2016	19.33
2017	13.49
2018	21.28
2019	18.51
2020	19.58

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Mauritania was 2,745,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,978,000,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 16,000,000 in 1964.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	24,000,000
1961	31,000,000
1962	36,000,000
1963	30,000,000
1964	16,000,000
1965	24,000,000
1966	23,000,000
1967	37,000,000
1968	35,000,000
1969	42,000,000
1970	56,000,000
1971	57,000,000
1972	69,000,000
1973	128,000,000
1974	120,000,000
1975	161,000,000
1976	179,000,000
1977	207,000,000
1978	181,000,000
1979	259,000,000
1980	286,000,000
1981	265,000,000
1982	276,000,000
1983	227,000,000
1984	208,000,000
1985	234,000,000
1986	221,000,000
1987	235,000,000
1988	240,000,000
1989	222,000,000
1990	388,000,000
1991	425,000,000
1992	407,000,000
1993	445,000,000
1994	362,000,000
1995	431,000,000
1996	450,000,000
1997	433,000,000
1998	399,000,000
1999	385,000,000
2000	454,000,000
2001	465,000,000
2002	431,000,000
2003	542,000,000
2004	923,000,000
2005	1,428,000,000
2006	1,167,000,000
2007	1,432,000,000
2008	1,941,000,000
2009	1,498,000,000
2010	1,935,000,000
2011	2,467,000,000
2012	3,129,000,000
2013	3,978,000,000
2014	3,642,000,000
2015	3,703,000,000
2016	2,174,000,000
2017	3,522,000,000
2018	3,183,000,000
2019	3,520,000,000
2020	2,745,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Mauritania was 64.51 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 96.66 in 1963, while its lowest value was 49.41 in 2006.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

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Year	Value
1962	93.28
1963	96.66
1964	90.80
1966	88.26
1967	83.73
1968	77.08
1969	73.53
1970	59.54
1971	68.10
1972	72.03
1973	79.11
1974	63.50
1981	63.50
1982	63.50
1983	63.50
1984	63.50
1985	63.31
1986	74.86
1987	65.92
1988	74.89
1989	76.05
1990	71.15
1991	68.09
1992	73.83
1993	67.75
1994	66.89
1995	64.36
1996	68.05
1997	65.27
1998	70.07
1999	68.68
2000	66.78
2001	64.36
2002	65.24
2003	68.69
2004	78.89
2005	55.70
2006	49.41
2007	53.82
2008	51.69
2009	56.80
2010	72.33
2011	80.24
2012	77.02
2013	82.00
2014	79.84
2015	67.22
2016	66.74
2017	76.38
2018	67.38
2019	64.23
2020	64.51

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in Mauritania was 31.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 32.70 in 2009, while its lowest value was 1.06 in 1970.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

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Year	Value
1964	2.45
1966	5.65
1967	9.90
1968	13.26
1969	9.89
1970	1.06
1971	1.59
1972	5.15
1973	4.18
1974	2.54
1981	2.54
1982	2.54
1983	2.54
1984	2.54
1985	14.73
1986	9.29
1987	23.54
1988	12.68
1989	17.01
1990	15.29
1991	16.38
1992	13.72
1993	20.38
1994	18.11
1995	16.67
1996	15.33
1997	24.36
1998	16.69
1999	16.83
2000	9.17
2001	11.05
2002	12.76
2003	11.30
2004	10.26
2005	9.39
2006	17.38
2007	20.12
2008	30.56
2009	32.70
2010	19.22
2011	15.41
2012	19.00
2013	15.55
2014	17.61
2015	30.91
2016	30.58
2017	21.86
2018	30.23
2019	31.76
2020	31.00

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in Mauritania was 12.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 16.52 in 2016, while its lowest value was 1.03 in 1970.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

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Year	Value
1966	4.78
1967	6.98
1968	11.36
1969	8.84
1970	1.03
1971	1.59
1972	5.15
1973	4.18
1974	2.54
1981	2.54
1982	2.54
1983	2.54
1984	2.54
1985	12.97
1986	7.45
1987	7.21
1988	10.13
1989	10.83
1990	7.58
1991	5.21
1992	7.24
1993	4.95
1994	10.51
1995	10.17
1996	10.96
1997	9.10
1998	4.23
1999	6.90
2000	4.34
2001	3.68
2002	2.00
2003	3.09
2004	2.47
2005	3.23
2006	7.21
2007	8.66
2008	11.02
2009	16.49
2010	9.20
2011	7.26
2012	7.89
2013	5.57
2014	7.64
2015	10.35
2016	16.52
2017	8.62
2018	10.30
2019	14.77
2020	12.78

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Mauritania was 9.85 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 35 years was 11.56 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1994.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1985	0.01
1986	0.00
1987	0.08
1988	0.11
1989	0.17
1990	0.02
1993	3.12
1994	0.00
1995	0.01
1996	0.06
1997	0.18
1998	1.05
1999	2.11
2000	0.53
2001	1.60
2002	3.20
2003	3.04
2004	2.58
2005	0.61
2006	1.11
2007	1.18
2008	11.56
2009	8.07
2010	3.14
2011	2.70
2012	3.66
2013	2.85
2014	3.01
2015	3.42
2016	4.15
2017	6.61
2018	8.98
2019	7.98
2020	9.85

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Mauritania was 1.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 6.60 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1985.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

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Year	Value
1964	0.61
1966	0.43
1967	0.18
1985	0.03
1986	0.34
1987	0.74
1988	0.53
1989	1.38
1990	1.02
1991	1.33
1992	0.35
1993	2.69
1994	0.42
1995	0.54
1996	0.81
1997	0.47
1998	1.19
1999	1.51
2000	0.54
2001	0.27
2002	1.27
2003	1.45
2004	2.49
2005	3.10
2006	6.00
2007	6.60
2008	4.62
2009	5.28
2010	2.86
2011	2.06
2012	3.06
2013	2.91
2014	1.21
2015	1.19
2016	1.65
2017	1.49
2018	2.09
2019	1.45
2020	1.01

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Mauritania was 4.85 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 14.88 in 1987, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1970.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	1.84
1966	0.43
1967	2.74
1968	1.90
1969	1.04
1970	0.03
1985	0.28
1986	0.56
1987	14.88
1988	0.60
1989	4.15
1990	6.21
1991	8.67
1992	4.42
1993	7.58
1994	4.94
1995	4.77
1996	1.86
1997	11.09
1998	6.54
1999	3.71
2000	3.70
2001	5.32
2002	6.05
2003	3.38
2004	2.43
2005	2.19
2006	2.54
2007	3.03
2008	2.77
2009	2.36
2010	3.32
2011	2.82
2012	3.53
2013	3.19
2014	4.34
2015	14.42
2016	7.16
2017	4.24
2018	6.59
2019	4.85
2020	4.85

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Mauritania was 2.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 35 years was 3.67 in 1998, while its lowest value was 0.06 in 2000.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1985	1.44
1986	0.95
1987	0.63
1988	1.30
1989	0.48
1990	0.47
1991	1.17
1992	1.72
1993	2.04
1994	2.24
1995	1.18
1996	1.65
1997	3.52
1998	3.67
1999	2.61
2000	0.06
2001	0.17
2002	0.22
2003	0.34
2004	0.28
2005	0.25
2006	0.52
2007	0.66
2008	0.59
2009	0.49
2010	0.71
2011	0.57
2012	0.87
2013	1.03
2014	1.40
2015	1.53
2016	1.10
2017	0.90
2018	2.27
2019	2.70
2020	2.52

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Mauritania was 4.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 7.98 in 1985, while its lowest value was 0.51 in 1990.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	0.61
1966	3.91
1967	2.97
1968	3.84
1969	5.84
1970	7.72
1971	5.23
1972	7.04
1973	6.16
1974	6.94
1981	6.94
1982	6.94
1983	6.94
1984	6.94
1985	7.98
1986	5.86
1987	4.19
1988	1.33
1989	0.64
1990	0.51
1991	1.32
1992	4.02
1993	3.09
1994	2.09
1995	5.88
1996	4.04
1997	3.85
1998	5.24
1999	6.27
2000	1.81
2001	2.95
2002	2.03
2003	2.80
2004	0.98
2005	1.24
2006	5.35
2007	6.24
2008	6.09
2009	4.56
2010	3.96
2011	4.35
2012	3.91
2013	2.36
2014	2.44
2015	1.46
2016	2.04
2017	1.56
2018	2.39
2019	3.81
2020	4.27

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Mauritania was 0.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 58 years was 33.67 in 2005, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2018.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1962	6.72
1963	3.34
1964	6.13
1966	2.17
1967	3.40
1968	5.82
1969	10.74
1970	31.69
1971	25.08
1972	15.78
1973	10.55
1974	27.02
1981	27.02
1982	27.02
1983	27.02
1984	27.02
1985	13.98
1986	9.99
1987	6.34
1988	11.10
1989	6.30
1990	13.04
1991	14.22
1992	8.43
1993	8.78
1994	12.90
1995	13.09
1996	12.58
1997	6.51
1998	8.01
1999	8.22
2000	22.24
2001	21.63
2002	19.97
2003	17.20
2004	9.88
2005	33.67
2006	27.85
2007	19.81
2008	11.66
2009	5.95
2010	4.49
2011	0.01
2012	0.07
2013	0.09
2014	0.12
2015	0.41
2016	0.63
2017	0.20
2018	0.00
2019	0.20
2020	0.21

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Mauritania was $3,040,417,000 as of 2020. Over the past 58 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $3,980,153,000 in 2013 and $16,300,000 in 1964.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1962	$35,700,000
1963	$29,900,000
1964	$16,300,000
1966	$23,000,000
1967	$37,085,000
1968	$35,298,000
1969	$45,174,000
1970	$55,857,000
1971	$62,911,000
1972	$70,956,000
1973	$115,685,000
1974	$120,029,000
1981	$264,899,900
1982	$275,768,700
1983	$226,770,700
1984	$207,590,400
1985	$242,267,000
1986	$294,957,000
1987	$381,879,000
1988	$446,884,800
1989	$351,275,900
1990	$388,115,200
1991	$480,505,500
1992	$600,171,800
1993	$574,146,600
1994	$556,930,000
1995	$654,100,200
1996	$612,336,800
1997	$632,551,000
1998	$586,389,900
1999	$603,491,600
2000	$354,438,900
2001	$374,392,700
2002	$355,809,700
2003	$387,070,700
2004	$1,340,683,000
2005	$1,341,727,000
2006	$1,073,859,000
2007	$1,431,165,000
2008	$1,638,306,000
2009	$1,338,605,000
2010	$1,708,955,000
2011	$2,453,851,000
2012	$2,972,561,000
2013	$3,980,153,000
2014	$3,644,437,000
2015	$3,705,144,000
2016	$2,175,245,000
2017	$3,522,551,000
2018	$3,183,387,000
2019	$3,519,941,000
2020	$3,040,417,000

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) in Mauritania was 4.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 7.98 in 1985, while its lowest value was 0.51 in 1990.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	0.61
1966	3.91
1967	2.97
1968	3.84
1969	5.84
1970	7.72
1971	5.23
1972	7.04
1973	6.16
1974	6.94
1981	6.94
1982	6.94
1983	6.94
1984	6.94
1985	7.98
1986	5.86
1987	4.19
1988	1.33
1989	0.64
1990	0.51
1991	1.32
1992	4.02
1993	3.09
1994	2.09
1995	5.88
1996	4.04
1997	3.85
1998	5.24
1999	6.27
2000	1.81
2001	2.95
2002	2.03
2003	2.80
2004	0.98
2005	1.24
2006	5.35
2007	6.24
2008	6.09
2009	4.56
2010	3.96
2011	4.35
2012	3.91
2013	2.36
2014	2.44
2015	1.46
2016	2.04
2017	1.56
2018	2.39
2019	3.81
2020	4.27

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports