The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Mauritania  
Rank: 123 · Score: 12.4  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 4.7   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 11.0   M&A volume (quartile) Bottom
GDP per capita (US$) 2,321.8   Venture capital investments (quartile) Bottom
GDP growth (per cent) 4.4   Private equity investments (quartile) Bottom
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 123 4, 3, 2, 3, 2 12.4
1 Economic Activity 115 10, 11, 9, 10, 10 52.1
2 Depth of Capital Market 124 8, 7, 5, 5, 1 3.5
3 Taxation 85 45, 45, 45, 41, 40 79.5
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 109 17, 18, 18, 16, 16 39.1
5 Human and Social Environment 114 10, 11, 11, 11, 11 19.3
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 125 0, 0, 1, 2, 0 6.3


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Mauritania  
Africa
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Mozambique 63.5 7.1 54.5 28.5 16.7 26.8
Benin 65.5 4.7 56.3 42.4 32.6 19.6
Lesotho 17.0 4.1 72.4 54.6 26.3 18.4
Angola 62.4 4.3 79.9 39.7 13.9 10.7
Burundi 45.8 3.9 67.2 33.6 16.7 7.6
Mauritania 52.1 3.5 79.5 39.1 19.3 6.3
Chad 63.0 3.4 18.6 33.4 17.0 7.7
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023