Mauritania Net Migration

Mauritania’s net migration balance has remained firmly negative in recent decades, registering –5,044.00 in 2025, which places the country at rank 83 globally and closely aligns with Guyana’s –5,092.00 and Honduras’s –4,778.00. The trajectory from a modest outflow of –318.00 in 1960 to a historic peak inflow of 34,505.00 in 1992 illustrates a brief period of attractiveness, likely tied to temporary economic or political conditions, before the sharp reversal to an all‑time trough of –28,840.00 in 1996. Since that nadir, the net migration figure has stabilized at a moderate deficit, reflecting persistent push factors such as limited employment opportunities and recurrent climatic stress, while pull factors from neighboring economies remain limited. If structural reforms improve domestic job creation and climate resilience, the negative migration balance could moderate; otherwise the current modest outflow is likely to persist in the near term.