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Mauritania

Mauritania reports more, and more often, than most of the continent. Seven of ten datasets here reach 2025; three stop earlier, and this page shows where.

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Where Mauritania ranks in 2024, of 53 · change since 2014
38thGDP$10.9bn1
26thMobile92 per 1007
23rdInternet use45.8%3
Last updated 1 Jan 2025 · World Bank · IMF · UNHCR
SenegalMaliAlgeriaNouakchottNouadhibou
Three land borders, 754 km of coast. Hover a neighbour to compare.
CapitalNouakchottLanguagesArabicCurrencyMauritanian ouguiya · MRUArea1,030,700 km²

At a glance

5.3 million people, half of them under 18, in an economy of $14.4bn in 2026, growing 4.4% a year.

Mauritania’s economy is measured monthly and its households are measured by census. That split runs through everything below: exchange rates and market prices arrive within days, while access to water and power is estimated years after the fact.

One of the four figures beside this is modelled rather than reported. The page marks which is which everywhere, so a number you cite is a number you can defend.

How current the record is
721
Current to 2025To 2024Stop by 2023
Population5.3mpeople · Reported · 2025
Median age17.5years · Modelled · 2026
GDP per capita$3,033current US$ · Reported · 2026
Internet use45.8%of population · Reported · 2024
Coverage — ten datasets, ten years

Seven of ten datasets carry a 2025 figure. FX rates and climate stop at 2024; markets stops at 2021. Hatching is the absence of a figure, not a low one.

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FX rates
Markets
Trade
Government
Policies
Prices
Power
Climate
Humanitarian
ReportedModelledNo figure
/v1/data?country_code=mr
Goods trade balanceExports and imports, US$ billions
04820142024ImportsExports
Imports have run at roughly 32% above exports over the decade; the band is the deficit.World BankSources →
Where exports goTop destinations, 2025
China$0.97bnCanada$0.81bnSwitzerland$0.67bn
China takes 40% of the recorded exports.Trade partners recordSources →
Where imports come fromTop origins, 2025
Spain$0.78bnUAE$0.78bnBelgium$0.65bn
Spain supplies 35% of the recorded imports.Trade partners recordSources →
GDP per capitaCurrent US$, not inflation-adjusted
$1.2k$1.7k$2.2k20142024$2,105
Reported every year, including the 2024 dip in dollar terms.IMFSources →
InflationAnnual change in consumer prices
0%5%10%201420242.5%
2.5% in 2024; the decade’s peak was 9.5% in 2022.IMFSources →
Remittances receivedUS$ billions, current prices
00.10.220142024$0.09bn
1.2 times the 2014 figure.World BankSources →
Goods exports by value2025 · top categories
Pearls & gold$1.64bnOres$1.40bnFish$1.00bn
Pearls & gold alone is 41% of the recorded top categories; services are excluded here.Trade products recordSources →
Public debtGross central government debt, share of GDP
40%60%80%2014202445.1%
Down 4 points since 2014.IMFSources →
Ouguiya per US dollarAnnual average exchange rate
2535452014202439.2
Lost 23% of its dollar value since 2014.World Bank GEMSources →
Access to electricityShare of population with a connection
0501002014202452.2%
Up 13.4 points over the decade.World BankSources →
Under-five mortalityDeaths before age five, per 1,000 live births
3045602014202436.9
Falling steadily; modelled between census years.WHOSources →
Life expectancy at birthYears
6070802014202468.7 yrs
Rising steadily across the decade.World BankSources →
Mobile subscriptionsPer 100 people · 100 marks parity
801101402014202492
More subscriptions than people since 2018.World BankSources →
Urban populationShare living in urban areas
40%60%80%2014202460.6%
Reported every year the record allows.World BankSources →
Who holds powerTen heads of state across twelve terms since 1960, and every office beneath the current one as the record holds it
/v1/government/overview/mr
19602026
The executive as of
Oct 2026Where it stands

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has held the office of President of Mauritania since Aug 2019. The record holds eleven current ministers, and a Prime Minister of Mauritania.

ElectedAppointed
Mohamed Ould GhazouaniMohamed Ould GhazouaniPresident of Mauritaniain office since Aug 2019
No second seatthe deputy for this date is not in the record
Moctar Ould DjayMoctar Ould DjayPrime Minister of Mauritaniain office since Aug 2024
12 seats confirmed current · 12 recorded for 2025
11Ministersone per portfolio · as the record holds them for this date
HealthPublic Service and LaborEnvironment and Sustainable DevelopmentHousing, Urbanism and Land PlanningIslamic Affairs and Original EducationTrade, Industry, Handicrafts, and TourismInterior and DecentralisationForeign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians AbroadDefence MinisterMauritaniaFinance
—Junior ministersjunior ministers for this date are not in the record
No ministers of state, delegates or deputy ministers are in the record for this date — hatching marks what we do not hold.
Outside the chain
—No subnational recordgovernors and provincial offices are not held

The record follows the national executive only. Governors, provincial administrators and other offices outside this chain are not held for Mauritania.

Read this first Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster. Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain. Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.

Wikidata · offices, terms and their dates as the record classifies them · structure as of 18 Oct 2026 · Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, licences per imageAll offices and people →Data and sources →
Mauritania
The whole table

Seven measures, with the year each one was taken

Reporting periods differ by source
IndicatorLatestYear2014ChangeCertaintySource
Access to electricity52.2%202438.8%+13.4 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Clean cooking fuel56.0%202444.0%+12.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Under-five mortality36.9202450.6−13.7 per 1,000ModelledWHO
Life expectancy at birth68.7 yrs202466.2 yrs+2.5 yrsReportedWorld Bank
Urban population61.5%202550.5%+11.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Internet use45.8%202411.8%+34.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Mobile subscriptions92 / 100202498 / 100−5ReportedWorld Bank

Every indicator we hold for Mauritania

146 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Mauritania. Each opens its own page with the full history, the source and the API request.

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How Mauritania ranks across Africa

Mauritania's position on 145 indicators, among the countries with a recent figure for each. A higher place means a higher value, not a better result. Each links to the full ranking.

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Compare Mauritania with other African countries

The record for every other African country, by region, and side-by-side comparisons where we publish them.

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Sources, method & citation

Every figure on this page is traceable to a named publication and a retrieval date. Where we model a value we say so; where no one has reported, we leave it empty.

Upstream sources
World Bank2025
IMF2026
UNHCR2025
ITU2025
Sources & methods
Cite this page

Africa API (2026) — “Mauritania: country record”. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026.

Free to use under CC BY 4.0. Each upstream source keeps its own licence.
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