Mauritania vs Suriname: Claims on central government, etc.
Mauritania
5.1%
in 2019
Suriname
5.2%
in 2025
Mauritania rank
126th
Suriname rank
125th
Claims on central government, etc. over time
- Mauritania
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 5.2% against 5.1% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Suriname ahead.
Mauritania ranks 126th and Suriname ranks 125th of 187 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Suriname in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -1.1% | 0.6% | 1.7% | Suriname |
| 1970s | 0.0% | 1.8% | 1.7% | Suriname |
| 1980s | 5.3% | 56.5% | 51.2% | Suriname |
| 1990s | 6.6% | 73.7% | 67.0% | Suriname |
| 2000s | 13.5% | 2.8% | 10.6% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 7.9% | 7.8% | 0.0% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher claims on central government, etc., Mauritania or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 5.2% against 5.1% in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in claims on central government, etc. between Mauritania and Suriname?
- 0.1%, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Suriname?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2019.
- How do Mauritania and Suriname rank globally for claims on central government, etc.?
- Mauritania ranks 126th and Suriname ranks 125th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Claims on central government include loans to central government institutions net of deposits. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.