Unemployment - Mauritania
Value & RankThe Unemployment of Mauritania is 31.0 (%) with a global rank of 7.
Mauritania compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Mauritania is similar to that of Congo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marshall Islands, Yemen, Grenada, Kosovo, American Samoa, Macedonia, Maldives, Greece with a respective Unemployment of 53.0, 44.3, 36.0, 35.0, 33.5, 30.9, 29.8, 28.6, 28.0, 27.9 (%) and a global rank of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.Last 10 years averageMauritania had an average Unemployment of 30.3 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Mauritania during the Great RecessionMauritania's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 2.20% during the Great RecessionMauritania since the end of the Great RecessionMauritania's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 0.32% since the end of the Great Recession
Mauritania compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Mauritania is similar to that of Congo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marshall Islands, Yemen, Grenada, Kosovo, American Samoa, Macedonia, Maldives, Greece with a respective Unemployment of 53.0, 44.3, 36.0, 35.0, 33.5, 30.9, 29.8, 28.6, 28.0, 27.9 (%) and a global rank of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.Last 10 years averageMauritania had an average Unemployment of 30.3 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Mauritania during the Great RecessionMauritania's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 2.20% during the Great RecessionMauritania since the end of the Great RecessionMauritania's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 0.32% since the end of the Great Recession
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1991 | 32.5 |
1992 | 32.5 |
1993 | 32.5 |
1994 | 32.4 |
1995 | 32.4 |
1996 | 32.4 |
1997 | 32.3 |
1998 | 32.2 |
1999 | 21.0 |
2000 | 32.1 |
2001 | 32.1 |
2002 | 32.0 |
2003 | 31.9 |
2004 | 20.0 |
2005 | 32.1 |
2006 | 31.8 |
2007 | 31.3 |
2008 | 30.0 |
2009 | 31.1 |
2010 | 31.1 |
2011 | 31.0 |
2012 | 31.0 |
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Congo | 2 | 53.0 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 44.3 |
Marshall Islands | 4 | 36.0 |
Yemen | 5 | 35.0 |
Grenada | 6 | 33.5 |
Mauritania | 7 | 31.0 |
Kosovo | 8 | 30.9 |
American Samoa | 9 | 29.8 |
Macedonia | 10 | 28.6 |
Maldives | 11 | 28.0 |
Greece | 12 | 27.9 |
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Datasource: Compile from multiple sources
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators