Mauritania vs Tanzania: Economic Indicators Comparison

Tanzania with a GDP of $58B ranked the 80th largest economy in the world, while Mauritania ranked 156th with $5.2B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Tanzania and Mauritania ranked 18th vs 103rd and 169th vs 167th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatMauritaniaTanzania
GDP$5.2B$58B
GDP growth, 1 year3%6.6%
GDP growth, 5-years average2.8%6.6%
Population4.4M57.3M
GDP per capita$1.2k$1.1k
GDP per capita growth0.71%2.12%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor10.22741.25
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.290.33
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$4k$3.4k
GNI, Atlas method$5.1B$55.7B
GNI per capita$1.2k$1k
GNI, PPP adjusted$18.1B$171.7B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$4.1k$3.2k

Financial system and Human development

StatMauritaniaTanzania
Income Tax Rate30%30%
Corporate Tax Rate25%30%
Inflation, consumer prices3.1%3.5%
Inflation, GDP deflator2.8%4.8%
Unemployment10.3%1.9%
Economic Freedom Index55.361.7
Personal Freedom Index5.056.51
Human Freedom Index5.526.37
Property Rights Index32.541.9
Judical Effectiveness Index20.843.4
Business Freedom Index61.745.9
Fiscal Health Index85.992.9
Labor Freedom Index51.366.4
Investment Freedom Index5055
Financial Freedom Index4050
Trade Freedom Index62.667.8
Monetary Freedom Index79.672.2
Government Spending Index76.491.6
Tax Burden Index80.980.6
Government Integrity Index21.932.5
Corruption Perceptions Index2736
Life expectancy at birth, years64.564.5
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people4.45.4
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people24.729.2
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people9.97
International tourism, number of arrivals30k1.4M

Government debt & reserves

StatMauritaniaTanzania
Central government debt, % of GDP83.9%36%
External debt stocks, % of GNI97.8%33.1%
External debt stocks$5.2B$18.6B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves112.6%35.9%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income15.7%8.4%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI-10.3%23.1%
Gross savings, % of GDP19.8%30.5%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP47.7%34%
Total reserves including gold$934.3M$5B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$70.8M$1.1B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatMauritaniaTanzania
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP45.1%15.1%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP76.2%17.1%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$972.9M-$1.9B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDPN/A13.7%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$179.7M$1.6B
Personal remittances received$60.4M$412.9M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP26.1%25.1%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP25.9%28.7%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$1M$6.1M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$77k$83k
Expense, % of GDPN/A14.3%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP28%16.8%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Mauritania vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M
Senegal
$1.5k
15.9M
Cambodia
$1.5k
16M
Pakistan
$1.5k
197M
Comoros
$1.4k
824k
Myanmar
$1.3k
53.4M
Lesotho
$1.3k
2.23M
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Nepal
$1k
29.4M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M
Mali
$900
18.5M
Guinea
$879
12.7M
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Rwanda
$773
12.2M
Ethiopia
$772
105M
Chad
$728
15.5M
Gambia
$716
2.1M

Tanzania vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M
Senegal
$1.5k
15.9M
Cambodia
$1.5k
16M
Pakistan
$1.5k
197M
Comoros
$1.4k
824k
Myanmar
$1.3k
53.4M
Lesotho
$1.3k
2.23M
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Nepal
$1k
29.4M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M
Mali
$900
18.5M
Guinea
$879
12.7M
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Rwanda
$773
12.2M
Ethiopia
$772
105M
Chad
$728
15.5M
Gambia
$716
2.1M
Burkina Faso
$715
19.2M
Togo
$679
7.8M