In 2018, the national minimum wage in Mauritania remained fixed at €7.1 per month, that is 85 euros per year, taking into account 12 payments per year.
If we look at the minimum salary in Ouguiya, which is the official currency in Mauritania, we can see that, this year, it was 3,000 Ouguiya and accordingly, the national minimum wage has remained stable, while the CPI of 2017 which was 1.1%, so workers have lost purchasing power in the last year.
If we look at the ranking of the national minimum wage that we publish, Mauritania is in 110 nd place, so it is among the countries with the lowest minimum salary of the 115 of the list.
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) of a country is the minimum amount (lowest salary) per hour, per day, or per month that employers may legally pay to workers.
In the table that follows we show you the progression of the National Minimum Wage Mauritania. You can see NMW in other countries in National Minimum Wage 2018 and see all the information about this country in Mauritania economy.