What is the difference in gdp (current lcu), per capita between Mauritania and United States?

3,322 current LCU per person, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and United States?

55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as GDP (current LCU), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mauritania vs United States: GDP (current LCU), per capita

Mauritania

82,515 current LCU per person

in 2024

United States

85,837 current LCU per person

in 2024

Mauritania rank

116th

United States rank

114th

GDP (current LCU), per capita over time

Mauritania
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 85,837 current LCU per person against 82,515 current LCU per person in Mauritania, a difference of 3,322 current LCU per person.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was United States ahead.

Mauritania ranks 116th and United States ranks 114th of 211 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania	United States	Difference	Ahead
1970s	2,240 current LCU per person	7,898 current LCU per person	5,658 current LCU per person	United States
1980s	4,577 current LCU per person	17,527 current LCU per person	12,950 current LCU per person	United States
1990s	11,394 current LCU per person	28,522 current LCU per person	17,128 current LCU per person	United States
2000s	26,609 current LCU per person	42,692 current LCU per person	16,083 current LCU per person	United States
2010s	55,502 current LCU per person	56,180 current LCU per person	678.38 current LCU per person	United States
2020s	73,867 current LCU per person	76,346 current LCU per person	2,479 current LCU per person	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gdp (current lcu), per capita, Mauritania or United States?: United States, at 85,837 current LCU per person against 82,515 current LCU per person in Mauritania as of 2024.
What is the difference in gdp (current lcu), per capita between Mauritania and United States?: 3,322 current LCU per person, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and United States?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Mauritania and United States rank globally for gdp (current lcu), per capita?: Mauritania ranks 116th and United States ranks 114th of 211 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as GDP (current LCU), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Mauritania vs United States: GDP (current LCU), per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 22 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/gdp-current-lcu-per-capita-2/mauritania/united-states/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/gdp-current-lcu-per-capita-2/mauritania/united-states/">Mauritania vs United States: GDP (current LCU), per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: GDP (current LCU), per capita
Unit: current LCU per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 211 places, 10,385 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 30 August 2026

GDP (current LCU) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.