Arab AI Governance Lab

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Mauritania MRT

Regulatory maturity stage: Initial   Index: 23.8 (rank 15/19)   North Africa

Mauritania is placed at the Initial stage in the 2025 release. National AI strategy: 1st generation; dedicated governance bodies: 0; AI-relevant regulations: 0; data protection law: None coded.

National AI strategy
1st generation
Dedicated AI governance bodies
0
AI-relevant regulations
0
Data protection law
None coded
International frameworks referenced
0
OECD.AI registered initiatives
0

Index pillars

Regulation25.0
Readiness27.6
Digital governmentn/a
Cybersecurity18.9

Indicators

Position among Arab League states with data

Oxford Insights AI readiness, 202527.58
UN E-Government Development Index, 2024n/a
Human Capital Index, 2024n/a
ITU Global Cybersecurity Index18.94
National Cyber Security Index11.69
Internet users, 2023 (% of population)37.38
AI publications, 20231

Trends

AI readiness score

2020: 29.422023: 27.092025: 27.5829.4227.5820202025

AI publications per year

2021: 12023: 11120212023

Typology coding

Governance type
To be defined
Regulatory approach
Strategic vision only
Enforcement model
To be defined
Sovereignty posture
To be defined
International alignment
To be defined
Cluster label (M3)
Initial stage

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Cite this profile

Arab AI Governance Lab (2025). Mauritania: country profile. https://arablab.ai/countries/mauritania/ Data: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MOVIFA

 

Sources: Oxford Insights; UN DESA; World Bank WDI; ITU; e-Governance Academy; OECD.AI; Lab coding (F1, M3).