Mauritania vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP

Mauritania
0.0116 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Mauritania rank
8th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
9th

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP over time

  • Mauritania
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
00.050.10.15196019922024

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 0.0116 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.011 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 18.4 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.

Mauritania ranks 8th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 9th of 169 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0113 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0612 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0499 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1970s 0.0251 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0794 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0543 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1980s 0.008 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0287 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0207 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1990s 0.0051 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0081 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0029 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 0.012 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0042 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0078 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Mauritania
2010s 0.0021 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0029 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0008 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2020s 0.0041 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0014 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0027 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp, Mauritania or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Mauritania, at 0.0116 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Mauritania and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
0.011 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
40 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Mauritania and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Mauritania ranks 8th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 9th of 169 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
213 places, 8,924 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.