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African Tax Observatory · Country brief · MauritaniaData pulled 14 October 2026 · taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/MRT

Centre 20°13′N 10°22′W

Gazetteer · Northern Africa · Lower middle income

Mauritania

Collected 14.4% of GDP in tax in 2024, 17 of 38 reporting members.

14.4%

Tax, % of GDP, 2024

+1.4

Points since 2019

1.25

Tax buoyancy

over 7 years

$1,095

Tax per person

PPP dollars

Plate I·Over time

Fifteen years, against the continent

Over time

Mauritania against the continent

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MauritaniaNorthern Africa medianATAF median and middle half
The shaded band is the middle half of ATAF members each year (25th to 75th percentile); the dashed line is the median of Northern Africa. The members reporting change from year to year, so the band can move because the set of countries changed; the CSV gives the count for each year.
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YearMauritaniaNorthern Africa medianATAF medianATAF 25th percentileATAF 75th percentileMembers reporting
201014.3410.6716.4326
201114.8410.9916.6233
201215.0711.4516.7533
201313.8311.2316.8932
201414.2611.8717.1332
201520.3015.0812.3318.5533
201620.7114.3812.4017.4333
201720.7914.7511.5016.9535
201821.0814.1810.8616.1036
201913.0216.8513.5711.5117.2338
202012.0116.2913.2710.8516.0738
202113.8617.3212.7210.4416.0640
202214.3918.8214.1811.3418.1639
202313.0817.3314.4311.3018.8237
202414.4119.0014.3012.1718.0538
202514.7320.0313.7412.1820.5334

Plate II·Peers, 2024

Each tax beside the medians

Against its peers, 2024

Each tax as a share of GDP, beside the medians

0%5%10%15%20%Tax-to-GDPDomestic taxesCustoms taxesNon-tax revenueVATPITCIT
The line joins Mauritania (orange) to the ATAF median (grey); the blue tick is the Northern Africa median. All three are for 2024.
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MeasureMauritaniaNorthern Africa medianATAF median
Tax-to-GDP14.4119.0014.30
Domestic taxes6.6410.459.01
Customs taxes7.788.544.87
Non-tax revenue6.106.102.59
VAT3.956.555.20
PIT2.063.062.04
CIT2.263.512.72

Plate III·Tax heads

How Mauritania's tax is made up

Tax heads

What each tax brings in, as a share of GDP

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Domestic VATPersonal income taxCorporate income taxWithholding taxOther domestic taxesVAT on importsImport dutyExcise on importsOther customs taxes
Each bar stacks the tax heads ATAF publishes for that year. Where the heads do not add up to total tax revenue, the gap is drawn in light grey and labelled, never spread across the heads. A head missing from a year was not reported for that year.
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YearTax headRevenue (PPP $)% of GDP
2019Domestic VAT3579458091.36
2019Personal income tax4041656461.53
2019Corporate income tax4504372061.71
2019Withholding tax1108935570.42
2019Other domestic taxes1048747530.40
2019VAT on imports8112945463.08
2019Import duty4819880831.83
2019Excise on imports2487352530.94
2019Other customs taxes4586705381.74
2020Domestic VAT3035008781.09
2020Personal income tax4513357171.62
2020Corporate income tax5259387481.88
2020Withholding tax2429508130.87
2020Other domestic taxes1004001270.36
2020VAT on imports6180426112.21
2020Import duty4377435761.57
2020Excise on imports2318069080.83
2020Other customs taxes4430376861.59
2021Domestic VAT3236229311.17
2021Personal income tax4714008711.70
2021Corporate income tax7794508492.81
2021Withholding tax1518260160.55
2021Other domestic taxes984988400.36
2021VAT on imports7491021132.70
2021Import duty5628438652.03
2021Excise on imports2245047820.81
2021Other customs taxes4790262231.73
2022Domestic VAT2897592530.90
2022Personal income tax4923486281.53
2022Corporate income tax7313276292.28
2022Withholding tax2439444400.76
2022Other domestic taxes1226722080.38
2022VAT on imports10385844703.24
2022Import duty7778226672.42
2022Excise on imports2664366960.83
2022Other customs taxes6549682502.04
2023Domestic VAT3164875890.89
2023Personal income tax6190623031.74
2023Corporate income tax5871091801.65
2023Withholding tax2280586340.64
2023Other domestic taxes1642635900.46
2023VAT on imports10543066092.96
2023Import duty7767551632.18
2023Excise on imports2630744230.74
2023Other customs taxes6436824631.81
2024Domestic VAT4003173821.02
2024Personal income tax8112021472.06
2024Corporate income tax8886909092.26
2024Withholding tax2913438240.74
2024Other domestic taxes2154062780.55
2024VAT on imports11515740352.93
2024Import duty9153441192.33
2024Excise on imports2754054570.70
2024Other customs taxes7129208731.81
2025Domestic VAT4824179291.12
2025Personal income tax8198444061.90
2025Corporate income tax9903727372.29
2025Withholding tax2791842560.65
2025Other domestic taxes2359252730.55
2025VAT on imports13470292443.12
2025Import duty10532314002.44
2025Excise on imports3797986850.88
2025Other customs taxes7793994421.80

The mix in 2024

Every shilling, franc or rand of tax, by head

VAT on imports20.3%Import duty16.2%Corporate income tax15.7%Personal income tax14.3%Other customs taxes12.6%Domestic VAT7.1%Withholding tax5.1%Excise on imports4.9%
Rectangle areas are proportional to revenue in 2024 (US dollars at purchasing-power parity). Total tax revenue: $5.7bn.
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Tax headRevenue (PPP $)Share of tax revenue
Domestic VAT4003173820.07
Personal income tax8112021470.14
Corporate income tax8886909090.16
Withholding tax2913438240.05
Other domestic taxes2154062780.04
VAT on imports11515740350.20
Import duty9153441190.16
Excise on imports2754054570.05
Other customs taxes7129208730.13

Every published number

Mauritania in the ATAF Databank

All 23 freely available indicators, exactly as ATAF publishes them. A blank cell means ATAF has no figure for that year; nothing is filled in.

Mauritania: ATAF Databank indicators by year
Indicator2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Nominal GDP (PPP)$26.3bn$27.9bn$27.7bn$32.1bn$35.6bn$39.3bn$43.2bn
Real GDP245,483.0m262,166.0m280,018.0m297,680.0m307,179.0m
Final Consumption (PPP)$18.8bn$23.6bn$25.2bn$26.6bn$28.1bn
Total Tax Revenues (PPP)$3.4bn$3.4bn$3.8bn$4.6bn$4.7bn$5.7bn$6.4bn
Total Number Of Registered Taxpayers
Non-Tax-Revenues (PPP)$1.4bn$1.8bn$1.9bn$3.0bn$2.6bn$2.4bn$2.5bn
Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)$1.4bn$1.6bn$1.8bn$1.9bn$1.9bn$2.6bn$2.8bn
Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)$2.0bn$1.7bn$2.0bn$2.7bn$2.7bn$3.1bn$3.6bn
Revenue From Agriculture, Forest & Fishing (PPP)
Revenue From Mining & Quarrying (PPP)
Revenue From Secondary Sector (PPP)
Revenue From Tertiary Sector (PPP)
Domestic VAT Revenues (PPP)$357.9m$303.5m$323.6m$289.8m$316.5m$400.3m$482.4m
VAT Refunded (PPP)
PIT Revenues (PPP)$404.2m$451.3m$471.4m$492.3m$619.1m$811.2m$819.8m
CIT Revenues (PPP)$450.4m$525.9m$779.5m$731.3m$587.1m$888.7m$990.4m
Withholding Tax Revenues (PPP)$110.9m$243.0m$151.8m$243.9m$228.1m$291.3m$279.2m
Presumptive Tax Revenues (PPP)
Other Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)$104.9m$100.4m$98.5m$122.7m$164.3m$215.4m$235.9m
VAT On Import Revenues (PPP)$811.3m$618.0m$749.1m$1.0bn$1.1bn$1.2bn$1.3bn
Import Duty Revenues (PPP)$482.0m$437.7m$562.8m$777.8m$776.8m$915.3m$1.1bn
Excises on Imports Revenues (PPP)$248.7m$231.8m$224.5m$266.4m$263.1m$275.4m$379.8m
Other Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)$458.7m$443.0m$479.0m$655.0m$643.7m$712.9m$779.4m

Values are rounded for display; the CSV has them exactly as published. Revenue and GDP are US dollars at purchasing-power parity.

Data-quality checks

What the automatic checks found

No check was tripped for Mauritania.

Source: ATAF Databank, the African Tax Administration Forum; World Bank World Development Indicators. Tax and GDP are in US dollars at purchasing-power parity, so their ratio equals the ratio in local currency. Cite as: Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Mauritania. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/MRT Every figure and its method: taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/methods

Cite this sheet

Mauritania, in Edition 1

Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Mauritania. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/MRT

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