Unemployment rate: Mauritania
10.319% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.319 |
| 2024 | 10.257 |
| 2023 | 10.37 |
| 2022 | 10.52 |
| 2021 | 11.131 |
| 2020 | 11.051 |
| 2019 | 10.416 |
| 2018 | 10.411 |
| 2017 | 10.336 |
| 2016 | 10.287 |
| 2015 | 10.104 |
| 2014 | 10.026 |
| 2013 | 9.926 |
| 2012 | 9.864 |
| 2011 | 9.976 |
| 2010 | 10.093 |
| 2009 | 10.214 |
| 2008 | 9.715 |
| 2007 | 9.482 |
| 2006 | 9.313 |
| 2005 | 9.59 |
| 2004 | 9.77 |
| 2003 | 9.911 |
| 2002 | 10.201 |
| 2001 | 10.132 |
| 2000 | 10.03 |
| 1999 | 10.033 |
| 1998 | 9.975 |
| 1997 | 9.788 |
| 1996 | 9.764 |
| 1995 | 9.766 |
| 1994 | 9.979 |
| 1993 | 9.85 |
| 1992 | 10.052 |
| 1991 | 9.971 |