Laos vs Mauritania: GDP per capita

Laos
2,325 current US$
in 2025
Mauritania
2,198 current US$
in 2025
Laos rank
172nd
Mauritania rank
173rd

GDP per capita over time

  • Laos
  • Mauritania
05001.0k1.5k2.0k2.5k196119932025

How they compare

Laos currently reports 2,325 current US$ against 2,198 current US$ in Mauritania, a difference of 127.25 current US$.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Mauritania ahead.

Globally, Laos ranks 172nd and Mauritania ranks 173rd of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
GDP per capita (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 14,741 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.