🇲🇷 Mauritania Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇲🇷 Mauritania MR / MRT #28

Nomad Score 36.0

Cities 8

Region African Union, Arab League, Francophone, Arab World, Maghreb, Sahel, Africa, Africa, Western Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency MRU

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary semi-presidential Islamic republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 30/100

Press Freedom (2025) 67.5/100 #50

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.328

HDI 0.563

Regional Blocs AU, AL

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 26th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 27th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 23th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 25th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 15th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 30th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2020) 1.0/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 25.6/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.2% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary semi-presidential Islamic republic

Title	Name
President of Mauritania	Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
Prime Minister of Mauritania	Mokhtar Ould Djay

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 30 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 67.5 / 100

Global Rank #50 / 180

Rank Change -17 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #51 57.8

Economic #59 49.2

Legal #45 73.8

Social #60 67.8

Safety #46 89.1

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.328

Liberal 0.127

Participatory 0.221

Deliberative 0.228

Egalitarian 0.142

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	67.5	50	57.8	49.2	73.8	67.8	89.1
2024	74.2	33	67.2	54.1	79.1	77.0	93.7
2023	59.5	86	54.1	47.1	57.6	60.8	77.8
2022	58.1	97	55.2	35.1	64.3	64.3	71.7
2021	67.8	94	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	67.5	97	-	-	-	-	55.3
2019	68.4	94	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	70.9	72	-	-	-	-	63.6
2017	73.5	55	-	-	-	-	86.1
2016	76.0	48	-	-	-	-	54.9
2015	74.7	55	-	-	-	-	80.5
2014	73.5	60	-	-	-	-	-
2013	73.2	67	-	-	-	-	-
2012	22.2	67	-	-	-	-	-
2010	25.4	95	-	-	-	-	-
2009	28.5	100	-	-	-	-	-
2008	23.9	105	-	-	-	-	-
2007	15.5	50	-	-	-	-	-
2006	17.5	78	-	-	-	-	-
2005	40.0	127	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index