Total reserves in months of imports in Mauritania
Mauritania: Total reserves in months of imports was 5.41 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Total reserves in months of imports in Mauritania, 1975–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 5.41 for total reserves in months of imports in 2021. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.8% on the previous year and up 107.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total reserves in months of imports in Mauritania peaked at 5.41 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.8619, in 1993.
Mauritania ranks 63rd of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Total reserves in months of imports in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1.83 | — |
| 1976 | 2.37 | +29.2% |
| 1977 | 1.49 | -37.0% |
| 1978 | 2.62 | +76.0% |
| 1979 | 3.44 | +31.1% |
| 1980 | 3.57 | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 3.41 | -4.4% |
| 1982 | 2.67 | -21.7% |
| 1983 | 2.11 | -21.0% |
| 1984 | 1.84 | -12.6% |
| 1985 | 1.19 | -35.3% |
| 1986 | 0.8654 | -27.5% |
| 1987 | 1.4 | +61.2% |
| 1988 | 1.1 | -20.9% |
| 1989 | 1.74 | +57.5% |
| 1990 | 1.23 | -29.1% |
| 1991 | 1.47 | +19.3% |
| 1992 | 1.16 | -20.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8619 | -26.0% |
| 1994 | 0.9105 | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 1.93 | +112.0% |
| 1996 | 2.8 | +45.1% |
| 1997 | 4.4 | +57.1% |
| 1998 | 1.24 | -71.9% |
| 2012 | 2.61 | +111.3% |
| 2013 | 2.75 | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 1.99 | -27.4% |
| 2015 | 3.47 | +73.8% |
| 2016 | 3.8 | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 3.49 | -8.0% |
| 2018 | 3.3 | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 3.19 | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 4.64 | +45.2% |
| 2021 | 5.41 | +16.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.35 | 1.49 | 3.44 | 5 |
| 1980s | 1.99 | 0.8654 | 3.57 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.78 | 0.8619 | 4.4 | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.08 | 1.99 | 3.8 | 8 |
| 2020s | 5.02 | 4.64 | 5.41 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 60 Romania 5.53 compare
- 61 Indonesia 5.51 compare
- 62 Madagascar 5.5 compare
- 64 Republic of Moldova 5.4 compare
- 65 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.39 compare
- 66 Angola 5.32 compare
More financial sector data for Mauritania
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 20,116 current LCU per person (2019)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 11.38 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 2.79 % change on previous year (2019)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 402,500 SDR (2018)
- Gold reserves at market value 10.60 million SDR (2018)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 1.43 billion SDR (2021)
- Reserves excluding gold 1.46 billion SDR (2021)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 1.46 billion SDR (2021)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 1.46 billion SDR (2021)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 307.62 SDR per person (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total reserves in months of imports in Mauritania?
- Total reserves in months of imports in Mauritania was 5.41 in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest total reserves in months of imports recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 5.41 in 2021.
- What is the lowest total reserves in months of imports recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8619 in 1993.
- How does Mauritania rank for total reserves in months of imports?
- Mauritania ranks 63rd out of 178 countries with data for 2021.
- Is total reserves in months of imports rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 107.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Total reserves in months of imports. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This item is expressed in terms of the number of months of imports of goods and services they could pay for [X/(Imports/12)].