Social Development in Mauritania

130 indicators covering social development for Mauritania.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 28,438 2025 up 280.5% 40th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0054 units per person 2025 up 183.9% 20th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 101.4% 15th
Political Rights Score 15 2025 up 66.7% 128th
Freedom Score 38 2025 up 26.7% 132nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 7,378 2025 up 1,399.6% 64th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0014 units per person 2025 up 1,019.0% 35th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 693.8% 19th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate 0.0563 % change on previous year 2025 down 99.2% 39th
Full democracy 0 2025 78th
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 8 2018 up 60.0% 128th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 4.15 % change on previous year 2025 down 76.9% 68th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.452 2025 down 22.9% 128th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.634 2025 down 2.6% 111th
Political Corruption Index 0.825 2025 down 4.0% 27th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.825 2025 down 4.0% 27th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0 2024 177th
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0182 units per square kilometre 2023 up 388.5% 115th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0058 units per square kilometre 2023 up 606.4% 110th
LGBT+ Rights Index -1.63 2019 down 2.4% 178th
Forcibly displaced people 308,868 2025 up 296.6% 55th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 1 2016 unchanged 61st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st
Corruption Perceptions Index 30 2024 unchanged 129th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0 2024 201st
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0 2024 178th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0 2024 176th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0 2024 55th
Self-reported life satisfaction 4.47 2025 up 6.5% 122nd
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 4.47 2025 up 6.5% 122nd
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 51st
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Homicides 500.5 deaths 2021 up 16.6% 85th
Homicide rate 10.85 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 10.9% 36th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 10.64 2021 down 12.1% 37th
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 295,000 2030 up 17.1% 123rd
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 0 2025 183rd
States involved in state based conflicts, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2011 31st
Freedom of Association Score 6 2025 unchanged 46th
Freedom of Expression Score 5 2025 down 28.6% 49th
Civil Rights Score 5 2025 unchanged 54th
Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 8.2% 2030 down 25.5% 136th
Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 291,000 2030 up 7.0% 124th
Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 97.3% 2020 down 0.0% 6th
Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 98.3% 2020 down 0.0% 9th
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 38.1% 2020 down 0.3% 105th
Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 1.7% 2020 up 1.6% 178th
Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 1.0% 2020 up 2.0% 183rd
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 0.7% 2020 up 0.3% 176th
Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 0 2020 183rd
Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place 0 2010 4th
Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence 8.3% 2030 down 15.3% 124th