Is Mauritania a good place to live for remote workers?

Mauritania scores 43/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 67.6 Mbps, safety 94, healthcare 40, air quality 10; English not scored) — rank 149 of 167.

How fast is the internet in Mauritania?

Median fixed broadband is around 67.6 Mbps.

What does $3,000/month get you in Mauritania?

Single-person essentials run about $599/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (5.0× essentials).

Livability · rank 149/167

Is 🇲🇷 Mauritania (Nouakchott) a good place to live?

Quality score 43/100 against essentials of $599/month.

The five metrics

Internet 27 67.6 Mbps median broadband, 45.8% online

Safety 94 1 homicides/100k (2020)

Healthcare 40 UHC service coverage 40/100 (2023)

Air quality 10 PM2.5 45.6 µg/m³ (2023)

Beside the score, not inside it

Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.

Rule of law: weak; World Bank WGI estimate -0.86 · corruption control -0.93 · stability -0.56 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
What connectivity costs: $30.14 /mo broadband; Mobile 10GB $5.02/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.

What your budget buys

Monthly budget	vs essentials ($599)	Verdict
$2,000	3.3×	like royalty
$3,000	5.0×	like royalty
$5,000	8.4×	like royalty

Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.

Similar value-for-money

🇨🇱 Chile — quality 70.8, essentials $996/mo
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🇧🇫 Burkina Faso — quality 47.6, essentials $678/mo

Frequently asked questions

Is Mauritania a good place to live for remote workers?: Mauritania scores 43/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 67.6 Mbps, safety 94, healthcare 40, air quality 10; English not scored) — rank 149 of 167.
How fast is the internet in Mauritania?: Median fixed broadband is around 67.6 Mbps.
What does $3,000/month get you in Mauritania?: Single-person essentials run about $599/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (5.0× essentials).