West Africa
Mauritania
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Mauritania's #1 import source (world lens). Mauritania is the EU's #117 goods supplier.
Mauritania on the world stage
Total imports
$4.8bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$4.1bn
139 partners
#1 import source
United Arab Emirates
17.4%
#1 export dest.
Canada
27.0%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Mauritania and the EU
EU imports from
€838m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€1.2bn
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #117 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.43
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
–
EUR/MWh
Consumer
–
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
482
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Import dependenceMarket model
State monopoly (SOMELEC)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
ARE (Autorite de Regulation)
Depends on a mix of gas, diesel, and limited RE. Gas from offshore fields is growing but distribution is limited. SOMELEC (state) is the sole operator with chronic underinvestment.
Tracked infrastructure
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
10
2 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
2
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Iron, Gold, Copper
Mine-water verifiability
Blind spot
AWaQ programme still being designed
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
17.3
→ 22.3 by 2050
Fertility
4.63
above replacement
Working-age
54.1%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
6
→ 7.6 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 5.17M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +82% (9.42M)