Coat of arms of Mauritania

Mauritania passport

Rank #90 · Strength 50 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 15.4

Mauritania passport

Citizens of Mauritania can reach 50 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 24 visa-free, 21 visa on arrival and 5 eTA. Ranked #90 for passport strength worldwide.

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24Visa-free
21Visa on arrival
5eTA
57e-⁠Visa
140Visa required

Mauritania passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 18% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 36 of 54; the strongest in the region is Seychelles, with 167 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 50 destinations, 57 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 140 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (24)

Algeria Barbados Benin Cook Islands Côte d’Ivoire Dominica Gambia Haiti Hong Kong Iran Kenya Libya Malaysia Mali Micronesia Philippines Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Senegal Singapore Togo Tunisia Tuvalu

Visa on arrival (21)

Bahrain Bangladesh Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Comoros Congo Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Laos Lebanon Macao Madagascar Maldives Mauritius Namibia Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saint Lucia Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (5)

Ghana Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (57)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Fiji Gabon Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Malawi Moldova Mongolia Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa required (140)

Afghanistan American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kiribati Kuwait Latvia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Myanmar Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Åland Islands

What the index measures

  • 248 destinations, countries and territories
  • Strength = visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA; e-⁠Visa is not taken into account.
  • Passports with the same score share a rank

Data sources

  • Government portals of each destination.
  • Immigration authorities, foreign ministries, and official e-⁠Visa and eTA portals.
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Method

  • How each entry condition is classified
  • The limits of the data and how to check official sources
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