Level, last 60 days
Deaths 30 d
0
UCDP up to 2026-08-31
Per million 90 d
—
last 90 days
Civilians
—
last 90 days
Incidents 30 d
0
Population
5.3 M
World Bank
Plants near violence
0 / 0
near violence / total; 0 nuclear
Why this level1
- +2UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the countryUK FCDO travel advice
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Every monitored signal
The last 60 days, each on its own scale.
Travel advice level (FCDO)
3
People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
175 000
Refugees who fled
72 344
Internet outage alerts, 24 h
4
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Deaths in organised violence, per week
Mauritania, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.
The latest week may be incomplete.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Who the violence is between
Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.
- State-based conflict · 0%
- Non-state conflict · 0%
- Against civilians · 0%
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Food, displacement, sanctions
- People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
- 0.2 M
- 2026-08
- Share in food crisis
- 3%
- 2026-08
- Undernourishment
- 8.7%
- 2023
- Refugees who fled
- 72,344
- 2025
- Refugees hosted
- 308,868
- 2025
- Internally displaced
- —
- 2025
- Sanctions designations
- 9
- 2026-09-29
- GDP per person
- $2,198
- 2025
FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions
People in crisis-level food insecurity
IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).
FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis
Latest incidents of organised violence0
No organised violence recorded in the current data.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Conflicts, 90 days0
No organised violence recorded in the current data.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Natural hazards, 30 days0
None in the last 30 days.
GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET
Warnings and notices
UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS
Next 7 days in Nouakchott
| Day | °C | Rain | Gusts | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Sep 29 | 26…31 | 0.0 mm | 43 km/h | |
| Wed, Sep 30 | 26…34 | 0.0 mm | 46 km/h | |
| Thu, Oct 1 | 28…39 | 0.0 mm | 48 km/h | heat |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 28…38 | 0.0 mm | 37 km/h | heat |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 28…33 | 0.0 mm | 38 km/h | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 26…33 | 7.3 mm | 39 km/h | |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 24…28 | 22.3 mm | 48 km/h | thunderstorm |
Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
Food prices in markets14
| Item | Price | USD | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice (local) / KG | 35 MRU | 0.88 | -2% |
| Wheat / KG | 20 MRU | 0.51 | +2% |
| Oil (vegetable) / L | 78.33 MRU | 1.98 | 0% |
| Pasta (macaroni) / KG | 40 MRU | 1.01 | 0% |
| Milk (powder) / KG | 160 MRU | 4.04 | -1% |
| Salt (iodised) / KG | 20 MRU | 0.51 | 0% |
| Feed (rakhel) / 50 KG | 1,033.33 MRU | 26.09 | +68% |
| Beans (niebe) / KG | 98.33 MRU | 2.48 | +9% |
| Groundnuts / KG | 83.33 MRU | 2.10 | +8% |
| Wheat flour / KG | 27.92 MRU | 0.70 | +12% |
| Sugar / KG | 37.83 MRU | 0.95 | -2% |
| Rice (imported) / KG | 45 MRU | 1.14 | +6% |
| Sorghum (taghalit) / KG | 37.42 MRU | 0.94 | +7% |
| Maize / KG | 30 MRU | 0.76 | 0% |
Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-08); change against the same month a year before.
WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)
Disasters since 20001
Droughts
GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)