Français

Mauritania

Account Ownership

Percent of adults age 15+ with an account at a financial institution or through a mobile money provider. Regional average excludes high income countries

Source: The Global Findex Database 2017

Gender Gap in Account Ownership

Percent of adults age 15+ with an account by gender

Source: The Global Findex Database 2017

Use of Financial Services

Percent of adults age 15+ in 2017

Source: The Global Findex Database 2017

Country Resources

The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2018

Publications

Post a Publication View All Publications

Case Study

July 2022

Leveraging Digital ID and e-KYC for the Financial Inclusion of Forcibly Displaced Persons: Risks and Opportunities

This report discusses the challenges and bottlenecks preventing the wider adoption of digital ID and e-KYC to advance the financial inclusion of forcibly displaced persons in Rwanda, Mauritania, and Eswatini.

Paper

January 2011

Islamic Banking and Finance in North Africa

Examining the state of Islamic finance in North Africa

Wilson, R.

Paper

July 2004

West Africa: Microlending in Mauritania

The progress and challenges of USAID's Food for Peace project in Mauritania

Jansen, A.

News & Events

Members of the financial inclusion community contributed the following news and events.

News

Mauritania Workshop Advances Development of First National Financial Inclusion Strategy

15 July 2019 / Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)