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Mauritania

Lower-middle income Capital: Nouakchott 13 regions
19%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 214K people.
MODEL131st of 183 most exposed World 21%Lower-middle income 16%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
214K
of 1.1M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.4%
38.2K people
People in workILO
1.1M
32% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
10.3%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
22.9%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$2,198
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
46%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.23
163rd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
5.3M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
6%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
53%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
61%

Women and men

MODEL

Based on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).

Women: any exposure 23%
Men: any exposure 17%
Women: highest exposure 4.4%
Men: highest exposure 3.0%

Women are +5.8 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Mauritania 19%
Lower-middle income 16%
Sub-Saharan Africa 15%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
MauritaniaLower-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.05
Human capital & labour policy 0.06
Innovation & integration 0.07
Regulation & ethics 0.05

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.23 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Mauritania is highlighted. The other dots are all countries with both measures.

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of Mauritania