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Mauritania Passport Ranking – Visa Free Access to 57 Countries

The Mauritania passport ranks 85th globally in 2025, offering visa-free access to 57 destinations for its holders. This West African travel document provides limited international mobility compared to higher-ranking passports, with access primarily concentrated in African nations and select countries requiring visa-on-arrival arrangements. Mauritanian citizens face significant travel restrictions when visiting Europe, the Americas, and many Asian countries, typically requiring advance visa applications. The passport's ranking has fluctuated between the low 80s and high 80s over the past decade, reflecting modest improvements in diplomatic relations and bilateral agreements but maintaining relatively constrained global travel freedom.

Global Rank
#85
out of 199 countries
Visa Free Access
57
countries worldwide
Mobility Score
28
out of 100 points

Quick Statistics for Mauritania passport

28
Visa-Free
27
On Arrival
2
ETA Required
39
E-Visa
130
Visa Required

Source: Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.

Top Visa-Free Destinations for Mauritanian Citizens

Popular destinations where Mauritania passport holders can travel without a visa:

CountryMaximum StayCode
Senegal flag
Senegal
Up to 90 daysSN
Mali flag
Mali
Up to 90 daysML
Benin flag
Benin
Up to 90 daysBJ
Gambia flag
Gambia
Up to 90 daysGM
Philippines flag
Philippines
Up to 30 daysPH

Visa Requirements by Country

Complete breakdown of visa requirements for Mauritania passport holders

✅ Visa-Free

28 countries

  • Cote d'Ivoire flagCote d'Ivoire
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Barbados flagBarbados
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands
  • Chad flagChad
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Dominica flagDominica
  • The Gambia flagThe Gambia
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • Hong Kong (SAR China) flagHong Kong (SAR China)
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia
  • Mali flagMali
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia
  • Niger flagNiger
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Singapore flagSingapore
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Iran flagIran
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Kenya flagKenya

🛬 Visa on Arrival

27 countries

  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Comoro Islands flagComoro Islands
  • Congo (Rep.) flagCongo (Rep.)
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Macao (SAR China) flagMacao (SAR China)
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Mauritius flagMauritius
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua
  • Palau Islands flagPalau Islands
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Niue flagNiue
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone

🔐 ETA Required

2 countries

  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles

💻 E-Visa

39 countries

  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda
  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan
  • Colombia flagColombia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Georgia flagGeorgia
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Moldova flagMoldova
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Sao Tome and Principe flagSao Tome and Principe
  • St. Kitts and Nevis flagSt. Kitts and Nevis
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Albania flagAlbania
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Oman flagOman
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Bahamas flagBahamas
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Congo (Dem. Rep.) flagCongo (Dem. Rep.)
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • India flagIndia
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan

❌ Visa Required

130 countries

  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Andorra flagAndorra
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Argentina flagArgentina
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Belarus flagBelarus
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba flagBonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brazil flagBrazil
  • Brunei flagBrunei
  • Bulgaria flagBulgaria
  • Canada flagCanada
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic
  • Chile flagChile
  • China flagChina
  • Costa Rica flagCosta Rica
  • Croatia flagCroatia
  • Curacao flagCuracao
  • Cyprus flagCyprus
  • Czechia flagCzechia
  • Denmark flagDenmark
  • Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic
  • Egypt flagEgypt
  • El Salvador flagEl Salvador
  • Eritrea flagEritrea
  • Estonia flagEstonia
  • Falkland Islands flagFalkland Islands
  • Faroe Islands flagFaroe Islands
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • Finland flagFinland
  • France flagFrance
  • French Guiana flagFrench Guiana
  • French Polynesia flagFrench Polynesia
  • French West Indies flagFrench West Indies
  • Germany flagGermany
  • Gibraltar flagGibraltar
  • Greece flagGreece
  • Greenland flagGreenland
  • Grenada flagGrenada
  • Guam flagGuam
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Honduras flagHonduras
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Japan flagJapan
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Kiribati flagKiribati
  • Kosovo flagKosovo
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Malta flagMalta
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands
  • Mayotte flagMayotte
  • Mexico flagMexico
  • Monaco flagMonaco
  • Mongolia flagMongolia
  • Montenegro flagMontenegro
  • Morocco flagMorocco
  • Myanmar flagMyanmar
  • Nauru flagNauru
  • Netherlands flagNetherlands
  • New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia
  • New Zealand flagNew Zealand
  • North Korea flagNorth Korea
  • Northern Mariana Islands flagNorthern Mariana Islands
  • Norway flagNorway
  • Palestinian Territory flagPalestinian Territory
  • Panama flagPanama
  • Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea
  • Paraguay flagParaguay
  • Peru flagPeru
  • Poland flagPoland
  • Portugal flagPortugal
  • Puerto Rico flagPuerto Rico
  • Reunion flagReunion
  • Romania flagRomania
  • Russian Federation flagRussian Federation
  • American Samoa flagAmerican Samoa
  • San Marino flagSan Marino
  • Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
  • Serbia flagSerbia
  • Slovakia flagSlovakia
  • Slovenia flagSlovenia
  • Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • South Korea flagSouth Korea
  • Spain flagSpain
  • St. Maarten flagSt. Maarten
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • eSwatini flageSwatini
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
  • Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) flagTaiwan (Chinese Taipei)
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands
  • Ukraine flagUkraine
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • United States flagUnited States
  • Uruguay flagUruguay
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • Vatican City flagVatican City
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • US Virgin Islands flagUS Virgin Islands
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Bermuda flagBermuda
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • Lesotho flagLesotho

Historical Ranking Trend

Mauritania's passport ranking progression from 2006 to 2025

Trend: Declined by 27 positions from 2006 to 2025

Official Mauritania Passport & Travel Resources

Access official government resources for passport services, travel advisories, and visa information:

🔗
Ministry of Interior and Decentralization
🔗
U.S. Department of State - Bureau of Consular Affairs
🔗
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
🔗
Global Affairs Canada
🔗
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
🔗
France Diplomatie - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères

Compare Mauritania Passport with Other Passports

See how Mauritania's passport compares with other AFRICA in the same ranking tier:

CountryRankVisa-Free DestinationsMobility ScoreGlobal Score
Mauritania flagMauritania (You are here)
#855728/10015/100
Tunisia flagTunisia#756845/10064/100
Uganda flagUganda#766742/10062/100
Cape Verde Islands flagCape Verde Islands#776645/100N/A/100
Zambia flagZambia#776642/10061/100
Benin flagBenin#776642/10062/100

*Mobility score calculated based on visa-free access and global travel freedom.

*Global score reflects overall passport strength considering various factors.

Frequently Asked Questions:

As of 2025, the Mauritanian passport ranks 85th globally on the Henley Passport Index with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 57 countries. This places it among the lower-tier passports for global mobility. The ranking has remained relatively stable between 81-89 since 2020, with access to approximately 57-59 destinations without prior visa arrangements.

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Last Updated: November 9, 2025

Source: IATA Travel Centre, Skyscanner & Official Government Websites.