Current health expenditure in Mauritania
Mauritania: Current health expenditure was 4.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Mauritania, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2023, current health expenditure in Mauritania stood at 4.3%.
The figure is down 7.0% on the previous year and up 51.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Mauritania peaked at 4.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2011.
That places Mauritania 146th out of 193 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Current health expenditure in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.4% | — |
| 2001 | 3.6% | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 4.0% | +12.1% |
| 2003 | 4.0% | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 3.7% | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 3.4% | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 2.7% | -20.6% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 3.0% | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 3.1% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 2.6% | -15.2% |
| 2011 | 2.5% | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 2.6% | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 2.9% | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 3.5% | +20.9% |
| 2015 | 3.7% | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | -13.2% |
| 2017 | 3.4% | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | -15.7% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 3.0% | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 3.8% | +25.9% |
| 2022 | 4.7% | +23.5% |
| 2023 | 4.3% | -7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.4% | 2.7% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.0% | 2.5% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 3.0% | 4.7% | 4 |
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.8878 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 653 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 1,563 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per capita 0.0697 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, annual growth rate 2.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per capita 0.0713 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, annual growth rate 2.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Mauritania?
- Current health expenditure in Mauritania was 4.3% in 2023, according to Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest current health expenditure recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 4.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2011.
- How does Mauritania rank for current health expenditure?
- Mauritania ranks 146th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Current health expenditure (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.