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Mauritania — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Mauritania, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
10.32%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +3.5% since 1991
Unemployment for Mauritania was 10.32% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 11.13% in 2021. The lowest was 9.31% in 2006 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.10% per year.
Mauritania ranks 38 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 20%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Mauritania sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 7% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
10.32%
First (1991)
9.97%
Change
+3.5%
Highest
11.13%
in 2021
Lowest
9.31%
in 2006
Average
10.07%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.10%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.32% |
| 2024 | 10.26% |
| 2023 | 10.37% |
| 2022 | 10.52% |
| 2021 | 11.13% |
| 2020 | 11.05% |
| 2019 | 10.42% |
| 2018 | 10.41% |
| 2017 | 10.34% |
| 2016 | 10.29% |
| 2015 | 10.1% |
| 2014 | 10.03% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.