Taxes as a % of price: value added tax in Mauritania
Mauritania: Taxes as a % of price: value added tax was 4.8% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
4.8%
Change on year
up 187.3%
World rank
160th
of 189 countries
All-time high
4.8%
in 2022
All-time low
1.7%
in 2020
Years of data
8
2008–2022
Taxes as a % of price: value added tax in Mauritania, 2008–2022
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 4.8% for taxes as a % of price: value added tax in 2022. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 187.3% on the previous year and up 117.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes as a % of price: value added tax in Mauritania peaked at 4.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2020.
Mauritania ranks 160th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Taxes as a % of price: value added tax in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2.7% | — |
| 2010 | 2.1% | -20.4% |
| 2012 | 2.2% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 2.7% | +16.4% |
| 2018 | 2.3% | -13.3% |
| 2020 | 1.7% | -29.1% |
| 2022 | 4.8% | +187.3% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 4.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11.5%, 41% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 4.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.0%, 37% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.7% | 5 |
| 2020s | 3.2% | 1.7% | 4.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More health data for Mauritania
- 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)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.077 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes as a % of price: value added tax in Mauritania?
- Taxes as a % of price: value added tax in Mauritania was 4.8% in 2022, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest taxes as a % of price: value added tax recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 4.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest taxes as a % of price: value added tax recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2020.
- How does Mauritania rank for taxes as a % of price: value added tax?
- Mauritania ranks 160th out of 189 countries with data for 2022.
- Is taxes as a % of price: value added tax rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 117.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Taxes as a % of price: value added tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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