Economy · Remittance inflows · Mauritania
Mauritania’s remittance inflows fell to $0.09bn in 2024.
$0.09bn
2024
Down $0.07bn from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
In plain words
$0.09bn
What it is. This series counts the money and goods that people working abroad send to households in Mauritania, together with other personal transfers, valued in current US dollars. The numbers come from balance of payments records, so transfers carried by hand or sent through informal agents are largely missed. Current dollars also mean the series is not adjusted for inflation or exchange rate changes.
Higher is better. Higher is better because every extra dollar sent home adds to household income and to the country's supply of foreign currency. The latest figure, for 2024, is $0.09bn, down from $0.17bn a year earlier, a fall of 43.6%. Since 1997 the series has ranged from $0bn in 1998 to a high of $0.17bn in 2020, and the 2023 figure matched that high. The 2024 level therefore sits around the middle of its range, well short of the recent peak.
Why it matters. Households that depend on relatives abroad have less to spend on food, rent and school costs when transfers fall by this much. Local traders who sell to those households feel the drop in demand. The state and banks also receive fewer dollars from this source, which matters for a country that pays for much of its fuel and food in foreign currency.
| Period | Remittance inflows · Mauritania |
|---|---|
| 1997 | $0bn |
| 1998 | $0bn |
| 2017 | $0.08bn |
| 2018 | $0.06bn |
| 2019 | $0.06bn |
| 2020 | $0.17bn |
| 2021 | $0.01bn |
| 2022 | $0.11bn |
| 2023 | $0.17bn |
| 2024 | $0.09bn |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Remittance inflows, Mauritania, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/remittance-inflows/mauritania
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Personal remittances received, current US dollars. Unit: USD bn.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.