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Mauritania Trade Balance

$-1.67Bas of 2025-42.6% vs 2024

Trade Balance is measured in current U.S. dollars. Changes in the MRU/USD exchange rate can affect the dollar value; this chart does not separate those effects.

Exports minus imports of goods and services, in current US dollars. Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators. Retrieved August 14, 2026.

Trend

20002025 · World Bank

History

most recent 12 periods
PeriodTrade Balance
2025$-1.67B
2024$-1.17B
2023$-1.64B
2022$-2.16B
2021$-792.53M
2020$-327.45M
2019$-686.19M
2018$-1.19B
2017$-667.87M
2016$-339.81M
2015$-1.05B
2014$-1.11B

Get this via API

GET /v1/data

Request the available observations for this indicator as JSON. The response includes source metadata and reporting periods.

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?country_code=MR&metric_key=trade_balance_usd" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

Trade Balance across Africa

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CountryTrade BalancePeriod
Nigeria$-322.41M1960
Kenya$-8.15B2025
South Africa$8.16B2025
Egypt$-42.71B2025
Ghana$953.4M2024
Ethiopia$-8.71B2025

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