UNHCR Strategy in Mauritania 2021-2025 – Mauritania

Introduction

Mauritania’s economic growth over the past decade has enabled it to graduate to the rank of lower middle-income countries. While the poverty rate has decreased as a consequence of this growth, it nevertheless remains high with 28.2 percent of the population living below the national poverty line. Mauritania scores 156 out of 189 in the Human Development Index and 150…