Mauritania.
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Member of AU, Arab League, NAM.
Population
4.9M
GDP (nominal)
$10.0B
GDP / capita
$2,040
Capital
Nouakchott
Government
Unitary semi-president…
Power & politics
Leadership, governance, and democratic trajectory.
Democracy index
4.0 / 10
UN voting record
How Mauritania votes at the UN General Assembly — ideological trajectory, voting partners, topic patterns, and key recent roll calls.
Ideological trajectory
Voting summary
No votes recorded for this period yet.
Bloc alignment
Bloc alignment data not available yet.
Top voting partners
Topic-level voting
Source: Erik Voeten, “United Nations General Assembly Voting Data”, Harvard Dataverse (CC0). Aggregated by Model Diplomat. Last refresh tracked in profile freshness.
Foreign policy
Bilateral posture, key relationships, and live diplomatic statements.
Foreign Policy
Mauritania balances its Arab and African identities, maintaining membership in both the Arab League and the African Union. It has strengthened security cooperation with Western partners, particularly France and the United States, in the fight against Sahelian jihadism.
Nouakchott normalized relations with Israel in 1999 but broke them off in 2009 over Gaza. It maintains close economic ties with China, the Gulf states, and the EU (particularly on fisheries agreements).
Treaties & memberships
UN multilateral treaty positions and IGO memberships.
International Organizations
Society & economy
Macro-economic snapshot and demographic context.
GDP (nominal)
$10.0B
GDP per capita
$2,040
Currency
Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRU)
HDI
0.56
Top trading partners
In the news
Stories surfacing across Mauritania’s authoritative outlets. Grouped by topic, ranked by source coverage.