Mauritania MR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net

1975 - 2017 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

Mauritania MR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data was reported at -588.217 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -271.135 USD mn for 2016. Mauritania MR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -6.984 USD mn from Dec 1975 to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 122.703 USD mn in 1975 and a record low of -1.386 USD bn in 2012. Mauritania MR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mauritania – Table MR.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows total net FDI. In BPM6, financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities. Net FDI outflows are assets and net FDI inflows are liabilities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.

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Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
-588.22 2017	-271.13 2016	-1,386.10 2012	122.70 1975	USD mn	yearly	1975 - 2017

Related Indicators for Mauritania MR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net

Related indicators	Last	Frequency	Range
Mauritania MR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net (USD mn)	-588.22 2017	yearly	1975 - 2017
Mauritania MR: BOP: Financial Account: Net (USD mn)	-745.23 2017	yearly	1975 - 2017
Mauritania MR: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions (USD mn)	-47.15 2017	yearly	1975 - 2017
Mauritania MR: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net (USD mn)	0.00 2015	yearly	1975 - 2015
Mauritania MR: BOP: Reserves and Related Items (USD mn)	80.76 2017	yearly	1975 - 2017
Mauritania MR: BOP: Capital Account: Net (USD mn)	10.92 2017	yearly	1975 - 2017
Mauritania MR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows (USD mn)	588.22 2017	yearly	1970 - 2017
Mauritania MR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: %... (%)	11.71 2017	yearly	1970 - 2017
Mauritania MR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income (USD mn)	71.77 2016	yearly	1970 - 2016
Mauritania MR: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows (USD mn)	0.00 2015	yearly	1975 - 2015
Mauritania MR: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation (USD mn)	23.00 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
Mauritania MR: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation (USD mn)	175.05 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
Mauritania MR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows (USD mn)	14.65 2015	yearly	1986 - 2015
Mauritania MR: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: ... (%)	0.30 2015	yearly	1986 - 2015

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National Accounts	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: GDP PPP Per Capita (PPP Intl $)	9,236.670 2027	yearly	1990 - 2027
Forecast: Nominal GDP Per Capita (USD)	2,741.570 2027	yearly	1990 - 2027
Forecast: Real GDP Growth (%)	4.035 2028	yearly	1992 - 2028

Government and Public Finance	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Government Expenditure (MRU bn)	115.980 2028	yearly	2004 - 2028
Forecast: Government Net Debt (MRU bn)	233.747 2028	yearly	2000 - 2028
Forecast: Government Revenue (MRU bn)	138.251 2028	yearly	1990 - 2028

Demographic and Labour Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Population (Person mn)	4.944 2028	yearly	1990 - 2028
Forecast: Unemployment Rate (%)	0.000	yearly	-

Inflation	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Consumer Price Index Growth (%)	4.000 2028	yearly	1991 - 2028

Balance of Payments	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn)	-0.878 2028	yearly	1990 - 2028

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Indicators	Last	Frequency	Range
Mauritania MR: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Primary School Enrollment: Gross (Ratio)	1.06 2016	yearly	1971 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Primary and Secondary School Enrollmen... (Ratio)	1.04 2016	yearly	1981 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Secondary School Enrollment: Gross (Ratio)	0.97 2016	yearly	1981 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Tertiary School Enrollment: Gross (Ratio)	0.51 2016	yearly	1978 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Preprimary: % Gross (%)	10.22 2015	yearly	1993 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Primary School Starting Age (Year)	6.00 2017	yearly	1970 - 2017
Mauritania MR: Primary Completion Rate: Female: % of Relevant Age Group (%)	61.62 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Primary Completion Rate: Male: % of Relevant Age Group (%)	56.98 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Primary Completion Rate: Total: % of Relevant Age Group (%)	59.26 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Primary Education: Duration (Year)	6.00 2017	yearly	1970 - 2017
Mauritania MR: Primary Education: Pupils (Person)	601,364.00 2016	yearly	1971 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Primary Education: Pupils: % Female (%)	50.80 2016	yearly	1971 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Primary (%)	36.37 2016	yearly	1971 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Primary: % Gross (%)	93.86 2016	yearly	1971 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Primary: Female: % Gross (%)	96.79 2016	yearly	1971 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Primary: Male: % Gross (%)	91.02 2016	yearly	1971 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Gross Intake Ratio in First Grade of Primary Education: Female: %... (%)	106.23 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Gross Intake Ratio in First Grade of Primary Education: Male: % o... (%)	103.35 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Gross Intake Ratio in First Grade of Primary Education: % of Rele... (%)	104.77 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Primary: % Net (%)	70.87 2016	yearly	1985 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Primary: Female: % Net (%)	72.71 2016	yearly	1994 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Primary: Male: % Net (%)	69.08 2016	yearly	1994 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Net Intake Rate in Grade 1: Female: % of Official School-Age Popu... (%)	50.96 2015	yearly	2001 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Net Intake Rate in Grade 1: Male: % of Official School-Age Popula... (%)	49.62 2015	yearly	2001 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Net Intake Rate in Grade 1: % of Official School-Age Population (%)	50.28 2015	yearly	2001 - 2015
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Primary: Private: % of Total Primary (%)	14.09 2016	yearly	1971 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Persistence to Grade 5: Female: % of Cohort (%)	48.12 2015	yearly	1989 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Persistence to Grade 5: Male: % of Cohort (%)	43.71 2015	yearly	1989 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Persistence to Grade 5: % of Cohort (%)	45.89 2015	yearly	1977 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Persistence to Last Grade of Primary: Female: % of Cohort (%)	39.32 2015	yearly	1989 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Persistence to Last Grade of Primary: Male: % of Cohort (%)	35.02 2015	yearly	1989 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Persistence to Last Grade of Primary: % of Cohort (%)	37.14 2015	yearly	1977 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Repeaters: Primary: Female: % of Female Enrollment (%)	8.08 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Repeaters: Primary: Male: % of Male Enrollment (%)	8.03 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Repeaters: Primary: % of Total Enrollment (%)	8.06 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Trained Teachers in Primary Education: Female: % of Female Teache... (%)	82.80 2016	yearly	2004 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Trained Teachers in Primary Education: Male: % of Male Teachers (%)	85.98 2016	yearly	2004 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Trained Teachers in Primary Education: % of Total Teachers (%)	84.78 2016	yearly	2004 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Primary Education: Teachers (Person)	16,536.00 2016	yearly	1971 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Primary Education: Teachers: % Female (%)	37.63 2016	yearly	1971 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Adjusted Net Enrollment Rate: Primary: % of Primary School Age Ch... (%)	71.23 2016	yearly	1985 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Adjusted Net Enrollment Rate: Primary: Female: % of Primary Schoo... (%)	73.16 2016	yearly	1994 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Adjusted Net Enrollment Rate: Primary: Male: % of Primary School ... (%)	69.35 2016	yearly	1994 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Children Out of School: Primary (Person)	184,325.00 2016	yearly	1985 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Children Out of School: Primary: Female (Person)	84,701.00 2016	yearly	1994 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Children Out of School: Primary: Male (Person)	99,624.00 2016	yearly	1994 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Lower Secondary School Starting Age (Year)	12.00 2017	yearly	1970 - 2017
Mauritania MR: Secondary Education: Duration (Year)	7.00 2017	yearly	1970 - 2017
Mauritania MR: Secondary Education: Pupils (Person)	199,920.00 2016	yearly	1972 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Secondary Education: Pupils: % Female (%)	48.56 2016	yearly	1981 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Secondary Education: General Pupils (Person)	198,457.00 2016	yearly	1971 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Secondary Education: General Pupils: % Female (%)	48.62 2016	yearly	1971 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Secondary (%)	26.37 2016	yearly	1987 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Secondary Education: Vocational Pupils (Person)	1,463.00 2016	yearly	1972 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Secondary Education: Vocational Pupils: % Female (%)	39.44 2016	yearly	1981 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Secondary: % Gross (%)	31.57 2016	yearly	1972 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Secondary: Female: % Gross (%)	31.10 2016	yearly	1981 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Secondary: Male: % Gross (%)	32.03 2016	yearly	1981 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Secondary: % Net (%)	26.53 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Secondary: Female: % Net (%)	27.31 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Secondary: Male: % Net (%)	25.77 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Secondary: Private: % of Total Secondary (%)	26.57 2016	yearly	1999 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Progression to Secondary School: Female: % (%)	62.77 2015	yearly	1977 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Progression to Secondary School: Male: % (%)	65.22 2015	yearly	1977 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Progression to Secondary School: % (%)	63.99 2015	yearly	1977 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Secondary Education: Teachers (Person)	7,582.00 2016	yearly	1978 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Secondary Education: Teachers: Female (Person)	789.00 2016	yearly	1978 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Secondary Education: Teachers: % Female (%)	10.41 2016	yearly	1978 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Tertiary: % Gross (%)	5.20 2016	yearly	1978 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Tertiary: Female: % Gross (%)	3.48 2016	yearly	1978 - 2016
Mauritania MR: School Enrollment: Tertiary: Male: % Gross (%)	6.86 2016	yearly	1978 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Government Expenditure per Student: Primary: % of(GDP) Gross Dome... (%)	10.52 2016	yearly	1997 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Government Expenditure per Student: Secondary: % of(GDP) Gross Do... (%)	14.64 2016	yearly	1997 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Government Expenditure per Student: Tertiary: % of(GDP) Gross Dom... (%)	98.94 2016	yearly	1997 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Government Expenditure on Education: Total: % of Government Expen... (%)	9.33 2016	yearly	2004 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Government Expenditure on Education: Total: % of GDP (%)	2.63 2016	yearly	1997 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Proportion of Seats Held by Women in National Parliaments (%)	25.20 2017	yearly	1997 - 2017
Mauritania MR: Female Adults with HIV: % of Population Aged 15+ with HIV (%)	34.32 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Prevalence of HIV: Total: % of Population Aged 15-49 (%)	0.50 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Mortality Rate: Under-5: per 1000 Live Births (Ratio)	81.40 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Prevalence of HIV: Female: % Aged 15-24 (%)	0.10 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Prevalence of HIV: Male: % Aged 15-24 (%)	0.20 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Immunization: DPT: % of Children Aged 12-23 Months (%)	73.00 2016	yearly	1981 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Immunization: Measles: % of Children Aged 12-23 Months (%)	70.00 2016	yearly	1981 - 2016
Mauritania MR: Community Health Workers: per 1000 People (Ratio)	0.30 2013	yearly	2004 - 2013
Mauritania MR: Nurses and Midwives: per 1000 People (Ratio)	0.67 2013	yearly	2004 - 2013
Mauritania MR: Physicians: per 1000 People (Ratio)	0.07 2013	yearly	1960 - 2013
Mauritania MR: Use of Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets: % of Under-5 Population (%)	32.10 2015	yearly	2004 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Children with Fever Receiving Antimalarial Drugs: % of Children U... (%)	19.70 2011	yearly	2004 - 2011
Mauritania MR: Lifetime Risk of Maternal Death: 1 in: Rate Varies by Country (NA)	36.00 2015	yearly	1990 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Pregnant Women Receiving Prenatal Care (%)	86.90 2015	yearly	1991 - 2015
Mauritania MR: ARI Treatment: % of Children Under 5 Taken to a Health Provider (%)	33.70 2015	yearly	2001 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Exclusive Breastfeeding: % of Children under 6 Months (%)	41.40 2015	yearly	2001 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff: % of Total (%)	64.40 2015	yearly	1991 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Low-Birthweight Babies: % of Births (%)	34.70 2011	yearly	2007 - 2011
Mauritania MR: Prevalence of Underweight: Weight for Age: % of Children Under 5 (%)	24.90 2015	yearly	1990 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Maternal Mortality Ratio: Modeled Estimate: per 100,000 Live Birt... (Ratio)	602.00 2015	yearly	1990 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Diarrhea Treatment: % of Children Under 5 Receiving Oral Rehydrat... (%)	34.50 2015	yearly	2001 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: % of Children Under ... (%)	1.30 2015	yearly	1990 - 2015
Mauritania MR: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5 (%)	27.90 2015	yearly	1988 - 2015

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