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Mauritania

Capital
Nouakchott
First surveyed in
2022
Population
4.615 million

Mauritania participated in one Afrobarometer survey in 2022. Surveys are conducted in Hassanya, Polar, Soninké, French and Arabic. The national partner is Sista Consult Mauritanie.

Key stats

Data from the Round 9 survey in Mauritania
62 %
Six out of 10 (62%) Mauritanians say that the primary responsibility for trying to limit climate change and reduce its impacts lies with the government.
57 %
Nearly six out of 10 Mauritanians (57%) support women's equal eligibility for political office.
75 %
Three quarters (75%) of Mauritanians consider that the media are "fairly" or "entirely" free to publish and comment on current affairs without censorship or government interference.