Average inflation measured by CPI rose 15.0% to 3.70% in Mauritania in 2020, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, average inflation measured by CPI in Mauritania reached an all time high of 3.70% in 2020 and an all time low of 0.013% in 1988. When compared to Mauritania's main peers, average inflation measured by CPI in Algeria amounted to 6.00%, 2.14% in Mali, 2.00% in Morocco and 1.50% in Senegal in 2020.
Mauritania has been ranked 71st within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of average inflation measured by CPI, 18 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Inflation, CPI (Average) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Algeria | % | 0.056% | 0.043% | 0.020% | 6.00% | 7.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 0.015% | 0.020% | -0.032% | 2.00% | 2.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | % | 0.080% | 0.065% | 0.071% | 4.93% | 4.85% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 0.089% | 0.098% | 0.095% | 7.95% | 7.85% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 28.5% | 28.1% | 17.9% | 13.4% | 13.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 0.018% | 0.003% | -0.017% | 2.14% | 2.19% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 0.023% | 0.030% | 0.023% | 3.70% | 3.95% | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | 0.008% | 0.019% | 0.002% | 2.00% | 2.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.028% | 0.030% | -0.025% | 2.00% | 2.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 0.013% | 0.005% | 0.018% | 1.50% | 1.50% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 0.020% | 0.017% | 0.007% | 1.86% | 1.89% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | 0.053% | 0.073% | 0.067% | 5.89% | 4.90% |
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