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Mauritania
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Mauritania’s ouguiya payment market includes bank-linked and mobile-money services offering transfers and merchant access. These channels extend formal financial services across a West African economy of roughly 5.32 million residents, where GDP per capita was US$2,200 in 2025.

Population

5.3M

GDP

$12B

GDP per Capita

$2K

GDP Growth

4.0%

Deepdive

World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI), 2025

Cash in Mauritania

Most purchases in Mauritania still require ouguiya cash. Acceptance of cards is limited to a small group of hotels, mainly in Nouakchott and Nouadhibou, while ATMs that handle foreign payment cards remain scarce and unreliable.

ATMs (PER 100K)

10.8

BANKS (PER 100K)

12.1

DEBIT CARDS (PER ADULT)

0.0

CREDIT CARDS (PER ADULT)

0.0

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IMF, Financial Access Survey (FAS), 2025