# Mauritania - Link: https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/mauritania/ - Published: 2026-05-22T22:15:52-05:00 - Author: Preeti Sinha National Blueprint · One of 195 # Mauritania A nation of 5.3 million on the Atlantic, with iron ore, gas and fisheries, whose public debt fell to 39.9% of GDP in 2025 and which began a new IMF programme in June 2026. Perfect Nations values what Mauritania owns and raises capital against it, through** innovative financing for development (FfD)** and **super intelligence (SI)**. Mauritania at a glance * **5.3m**PeopleWorld Bank, 2025 * _Furthest from reach · Education_**94.8%**of children in Mauritania cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school, on 2004 data[World Bank, 2004](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=MR) * **2**Instruments and investments on record[Capital already committed](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/mauritania/#bp-register) [Work with us](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/mauritania/#bp-studio)[Read the Letter to Mauritania](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/mauritania/#bp-letter) What we do for Mauritania ## Assets. Capital. Solutions. Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations. 1. [01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Coast to The People.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/mauritania/#bp-assets) 2. [02CapitalThe laurels2 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/mauritania/#bp-capital) 3. [03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Education is furthest from reach today.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/mauritania/#bp-pc) **The whole logo:** a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance. [01](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/mauritania/#bp-do)**Assets** · The cup· Sovereign Assets ## Five assets no balance sheet counts. Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Mauritania toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen. * **$240M**Committed to the coast with Benin, 2026 * ### The Coast * One of the richest fishing grounds of the Atlantic, now protected and financed as a blue economy. * **11.5%**Of GDP from natural resource rents, 2021 * ### The Ground * Iron ore and gold earn today, with gas from the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim field shared with Senegal. * **1.03M km²**Land area, 2024 * ### The Land * Territory to farm, mine, power and protect. * **38.5%**Of the land in agriculture, 2024 * ### The Farmland * Land that can feed the nation and earn abroad, valued and financed against its harvest. * **5.3m**Citizens, 2025 * ### The People * 42.4% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation. [Every figure, with its source](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/mauritania/#bp-sources) [The Sovereign Assets ledger](https://perfectnations.com/sovereign-assets/) [02](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/mauritania/#bp-do)**Capital** · The laurels· Capital Architecture ## Debt down, gas and iron up. Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Mauritania owns, every line sourced. [Capital Architecture](https://perfectnations.com/capital-architecture/) The record in figures * **39.9%**Public sector debt, share of GDP, 2025, down from 52.4% in 2021[IMF, 2026](https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2026/06/24/pr26223-mauritania-imf-exec-approves-42mo-arr-ecf-eff-completes-5th-rev-rsf-arr) * **$95.8M**New 42-month Extended Credit Facility and Extended Fund Facility, approved 24 June 2026[IMF, 2026](https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2026/06/24/pr26223-mauritania-imf-exec-approves-42mo-arr-ecf-eff-completes-5th-rev-rsf-arr) * **$91M**Disbursed on the fifth reviews, January 2026[Financial Afrik, 2026](https://www.financialafrik.com/en/2026/01/30/imf-releases-91-million-for-mauritania-after-positive-reviews/) * **$240M**West Africa Coastal Areas programme, Phase 1, with Benin[World Bank, 2026](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/03/18/safeguarding-coasts-driving-jobs-waca-to-protect-530-000-people-and-catalyze-13-000-blue-economy-jobs) Capital already committed * MultilateralApprovedExtended Credit Facility and Extended Fund Facility, 2026 $95.8M * IMF · Approved 24 June 2026 · 42 months * Building on the 2022–2026 programme: institutions, human capital and governance of public enterprises. * IMF * [Source](https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2026/06/24/pr26223-mauritania-imf-exec-approves-42mo-arr-ecf-eff-completes-5th-rev-rsf-arr) * RegionalApprovedWest Africa Coastal Areas (WACA+), Phase 1$240M * World Bank · Approved 17 March 2026 · With Benin * Total for Benin and Mauritania * Coastal protection and blue economy value chains. * World Bank * [Source](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/03/18/safeguarding-coasts-driving-jobs-waca-to-protect-530-000-people-and-catalyze-13-000-blue-economy-jobs) ### The Mauritania Newswire [The Solutions Wire](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-wire) ![Mariem Mint Ahmed, Nation Steward of Mauritania](https://perfectnations.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/11/Mariem-Mint-Ahmed-Nation-Steward-of-Mauritania-150x150.png) **Mariem Mint Ahmed**Nation Steward of Mauritania · SI ResearcherLast updated 12 November 2026 * 24 Jun 2026[**Islamic Republic of Mauritania: IMF Executive Board Approves 42-month Arrangements under the ECF and the EFF and Completes Fifth Review under the RSF**](https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2026/06/24/pr26223-mauritania-imf-exec-approves-42mo-arr-ecf-eff-completes-5th-rev-rsf-arr) IMF * 30 Jan 2026[**IMF releases $91 million for Mauritania after positive reviews**](https://www.financialafrik.com/en/2026/01/30/imf-releases-91-million-for-mauritania-after-positive-reviews/) Financial Afrik ## Already working in Mauritania. Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Mauritania, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations. [Suggest an enterprise](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/mauritania/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=An%20enterprise%20already%20at%20work%20in%20Mauritania) * ### The first firms and social enterprises at work in Mauritania are being gathered. * Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source. [03](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/mauritania/#bp-do)**Solutions** · The seven stars · Perfect Capita ## Perfect Mauritania, _star by star._ **Perfect Capita** is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Mauritania in its own prices. [How Perfect Capita works](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/) **5.2** Education · furthest from reach5.2% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school; 2004, dated[World Bank, 2004](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=MR) Tap a star for its figure and source. The price of Perfect Mauritania To be set with Mauritania, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Mauritania, each year. Read more * Food**34.9%**Not food insecure; 65.1% are moderately or severely food insecure [FAO, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SN.ITK.MSFI.ZS?locations=MR) * Water**77.3%**Basic drinking water; safely managed water is not measured (lenient) [WHO/UNICEF, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.H2O.BASW.ZS?locations=MR) * Shelter**41.4%**City dwellers outside slums; 58.6% live in slums; safely managed sanitation is not measured[UN-Habitat, 2022](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.SLUM.UR.ZS?locations=MR) * Energy**45.8**About 458 kWh of electricity a person a year, against the Living Line of 1,000; 56% cook with clean fuels (2024)[Ember, 2024](https://ember-energy.org/data/yearly-electricity-data/) * Education**5.2**5.2% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school; 2004, dated[World Bank, 2004](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=MR) * Health**40**WHO service coverage index[WHO, 2023](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/universal-health-coverage-index?country=~MRT) * Livelihood**68.2%**Above the national poverty line; 31.8% live below it, dated [World Bank, 2019](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC?locations=MR) Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Mauritania. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. [The strict measures](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/#pq-measures) Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group. Each figure links to its source. ### Solutions for Perfect Mauritania [All Solutions](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-solutions) * **The Solution for Mauritania**Education * ### Finance learning, not only classrooms. - **01****The challenge**94.8% Of children in Mauritania cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school, on 2004 data. [World Bank, 2004](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=MR) - **02****The deal** - Program-for-Results, proved in Tanzania, 2021: $588M for primary school learning. [World Bank, project P169380](https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P169380) - **03****What Perfect Nations advises**Nations where education is furthest from reach should borrow on a Program-for-Results basis, releasing each tranche only when pupils reach an agreed learning level, verified independently. With super intelligence, reading levels can be tracked school by school, so that every child who falls behind is reached in time. * Co-design it in**The ReDesign Studio**[The three mandates](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/mauritania/#bp-mandates) Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsMauritania ## Dear Mauritania, You have cut your debt from half your economy to four tenths in four years, and you hold iron, gold, gas and one of the richest seas of the Atlantic. Read more Nearly six in ten of your city dwellers live in slums. Let the sea and the gas build homes, water and schools. “The sea and the gas can build a home for every family. Let them.” Yours in design,**Preeti Sinha**President and CEO, Perfect Nations Work with us · The ReDesign Studio ## The Perfect Mauritania _ReDesign Studio_ One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Mauritania, taken as far toward market as you choose. Read more For the Government of Mauritania, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins. 1. **01**Identify the assets 2. **02**Estimate Perfect Capita 3. **03**Co-design the capital architecture 4. **04**Launch the instruments 1. Mandate 013 hours 2. ### The Nation Briefing 3. A private session for the people who decide. 4. You leave withThe gap, named and sized 5. Read more 6. a. **01**The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through. b. **02**Education, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained. c. **03**The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted. d. **04**The path to market, outlined. 7. [Request a Nation Briefing](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=briefing&country=Mauritania) 8. Mandate 023 days 9. ### The Blueprint Lab 10. Your team and ours, working the blueprint together. 11. You leave withThe structure, drawn 12. Read more 13. a. **01**The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data. b. **02**Each of the seven standards costed in local prices. c. **03**One financing structure, drawn with your team. d. **04**A term sheet and the partners to approach. 14. [Plan a Blueprint Lab](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=lab&country=Mauritania) 15. Mandate 03End to end 16. ### The Sovereign Mandate 17. Led personally by the President and CEO. 18. You leave withA structure ready for market 19. Read more 20. a. **01**A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified. b. **02**Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan. c. **03**The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing. d. **04**Taken to investors and development partners, through to close. 21. [Discuss a Sovereign Mandate](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=commission&country=Mauritania) ### Co-design it with us Where Mauritanians and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in. * Writings * #### Write Perfect Mauritania into being. * Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Mauritania, published with your name. * [Submit your writing](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/mauritania/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=Writing%20for%20Perfect%20Mauritania&body=Your%20name%2C%20or%20a%20pen%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0ATitle%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AYour%20vision%20of%20Perfect%20Mauritania%2C%20and%20the%20economic%20solutions%20to%20achieve%20it%20%28up%20to%201%2C500%20words%29%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20confirm%20that%20this%20is%20my%20own%20original%20writing%2C%20and%20I%20give%20Perfect%20Nations%20permission%20to%20publish%20it%20with%20credit%20to%20me.%0D%0A) * Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon * #### The local leaders already building Perfect Mauritania. * Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Mauritania already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?” * [Nominate yourself](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=mauritania&topic=nominate-self) [Suggest a guest](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=mauritania&topic=guest) * Co-designers * #### Join the community. * Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a **Co-designer of Perfect Mauritania**. * [Become a Co-designer](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/mauritania/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=Becoming%20a%20Co-designer%20of%20Perfect%20Mauritania&body=Your%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0AHow%20you%20would%20like%20to%20contribute%20%28writing%2C%20a%20voice%20for%20the%20podcast%2C%20an%20enterprise%2C%20your%20expertise%29%3A%0D%0A) The Mauritania ReDesign Studio is open ## Design Perfect Mauritania with us. Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply. [Enter the ReDesign Studio](https://perfectnations.com/design-studio/)[Write to us](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=mauritania) [All 195 nations](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/) Sources 1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API, last updated 8 October 2026), accessed 10 November 2026: population 2025, ages 0 to 14 2025, land area and agricultural and forest land 2024, renewable fresh water per person 2022, natural resource rents 2021, renewable electricity output 2021, electricity access and clean cooking 2024. 2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023. 3. IMF, PR 26/26 (28 January 2026) and PR 26/223 (24 June 2026). Financial Afrik, 30 January 2026. 4. World Bank, WACA+ press release, 17 March 2026. 5. 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