Bank Loans (As % of GDP) rose 33.7% to 27.1% in Mauritania in 2015

Bank loans as a share of GDP rose 33.7% to 27.1% in Mauritania in 2015, according to the National Central Bank.

Historically, bank loans as a share of GDP in Mauritania reached an all time high of 27.1% in 2015 and an all time low of 12.8% in 2006. When compared to Mauritania's main peers, bank loans as a share of GDP in Algeria amounted to 48.2%, 29.6% in Mali, 93.2% in Morocco and 43.2% in Senegal in 2015.

Mauritania has been ranked 109th within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of bank loans as a share of GDP, 24 places below the position seen 10 years ago.