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Western Africa travel guide
Mauritania
Entry rules for every passport, key facts and neighbouring destinations.
eVisa90 days
Full requirements →
Key facts
- Official name
- Islamic Republic of Mauritania
- Capital
- Nouakchott
- Currency
- Mauritanian ouguiya (MRU UM)
- Languages
- Arabic
- Calling code
- +222
- Area
- 10,30,700 km²
- Region
- Western Africa
Who can get in easily
17 of 198 passports can enter Mauritania without arranging a visa in advance.
- Visa-free
- Visa on arrival
- eTA
- eVisa
- Visa required
Visa requirements for Mauritania by passport
IndiaeVisa90 days
United StateseVisa90 days
United KingdomeVisa90 days
United Arab EmirateseVisa90 days
ChinaeVisa90 days
SingaporeeVisa90 days
PakistaneVisa90 days
BangladesheVisa90 days
Sri LankaeVisa90 days
NepaleVisa90 days
NigeriaeVisa90 days
PhilippineseVisa90 days
CanadaeVisa90 days
AustraliaeVisa90 days
GermanyeVisa90 days
Pick any passport above to see the full requirements, or use the selector at the top.
Nearby countries
Algeria
Mali
SenegalSources: Wikipedia's "Visa requirements for … citizens" articles (CC BY-SA 4.0) for 199 passports; Passport Index Data (imorte), scraped from passportindex.org, published 17 Feb 2026 for the rest. Last checked 11 Oct 2026.