Mauritania passport

Rank, score and destinations reachable with the Mauritania passport — Passport Index ranking and visa verdict breakdown on Atlas.

The Mauritania passport ranks 157 worldwide, giving access to 54 destinations without a prior visa.

Mauritania ranks 10 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 197 passports.

Passport rank
157 / 199
Visa-free travel to
54 destinations
Openness rank
10 / 199
Visa-free entry for
197 passports

Visa-free — 26

Algeria, Barbados, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominica, Gambia, Haiti, Hong Kong, Iran, Malaysia, Mali, Micronesia, Niger, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Syria, Togo, Tunisia

Visa on arrival — 26

Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Palau, Republic of the Congo, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 2

Kenya, Suriname

E-visa — 43

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, Cameroon, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Moldova, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Visa required — 101

Afghanistan, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Yemen