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Mauritania — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Mauritania, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
40.77%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -12.3% since 1990
Labor participation for Mauritania was 40.77% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 46.48% in 1990. The lowest was 40.55% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.37% per year.
Mauritania ranks 177 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 95%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Mauritania sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 12% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
40.77%
First (1990)
46.48%
Change
-12.3%
Highest
46.48%
in 1990
Lowest
40.55%
in 2020
Average
43.94%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.37%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.77% |
| 2024 | 40.9% |
| 2023 | 40.93% |
| 2022 | 40.94% |
| 2021 | 40.7% |
| 2020 | 40.55% |
| 2019 | 41.05% |
| 2018 | 41.08% |
| 2017 | 41.1% |
| 2016 | 41.59% |
| 2015 | 42.08% |
| 2014 | 42.57% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.