Cost of Living inDar Naim, Mauritania

Nouakchott North, Mauritania61KLower middle income

Purchasing Power vs. United States

Your money goes 3.66x further

Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Mauritania: $6,483/capita.

Income Category

Lower Middle
World Bank GNI

Happiness

4.5 / 10

#109 globally

GDP per Capita

$6,483
PPP, International $

City Population

61K

Child Education

Public-schooling rules and international-school pricing are not sourced for Mauritania yet. Quality, expat-access, instruction language, and tuition will appear here once verified.

Childcare & Domestic Help

Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for Dar Naim. We publish this section only when we can tie it to local job-board, agency, or country fallback evidence.

Getting Around

Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Dar Naim is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.

Healthcare

System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Mauritania.

Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.

149 facilities tracked
Facilities updated 2 months ago

Healthcare system

Limited

Coverage looks thinner, doctor staffing is lighter, and hospital capacity looks tighter weigh on this rating.

Public care

Limited

Public coverage looks thinner, public funding looks lighter, and patients still shoulder a meaningful share of costs weigh on this rating.

Private care

Limited

Self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.

UHC coverage

40/100

2023

Physicians

0.26/1k

2022

Hospital beds

0.40/1k

2006

Out of pocket

44%

2023

Outcome signals

Life expectancy

68.7 yrs

2024

Maternal mortality

381/100k

2023

Neonatal mortality

20.8/1k

2024

International patient readiness

Limited

There is visible specialty depth help, but price transparency is still sparse and headline outcomes are less reassuring.

Pricing transparency

Limited

Published self-pay prices are scarce weigh on this rating.

Facility coverage

Pharmacy: 101Hospital: 19Clinic: 12Doctor: 8Dentist: 7Laboratory: 1Physiotherapy: 1

Self-pay pricing visibility

No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Mauritania yet.

This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.

Notable facilities

Hôpital Cheikh Zayed مستشفى الشيخ زايد
Hospital · Emergency
Website
Hôpital de l'Amitié
Hospital · Emergency
general
Ophthalmological Hospital
Hospital · Emergency
Hôpital de l'Amitié مستشفى الصداقة
Hospital · Emergency
CENTRE ORTHOPÉDIE
Hospital · Emergency
Hôpital d'oncologie مستشفى الانكولوجيHôpital d'oncologie ا
Hospital · Emergency
oncology

System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01

Safety & Governance

City-level perceived-crime data is not sourced for Dar Naim yet. Showing Mauritania national safety and governance signals until a matched city row lands.

Street Safety

Safety Index36/100
Crime Index64/100

Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.

Political Stability

Political Stability-0.63

World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.

Wages by Sector

(national average)
Wage data shown is the national median. City-specific wage benchmarks are queued for the next quarterly update, so use this as a country-level salary anchor rather than a local labor-market quote.
SectorMedian
Administrative & Support Services
Agriculture & Farming
Construction
Education
Finance & Insurance
Healthcare & Social Work
Hospitality & Food Service
Information & Technology
Manufacturing
Mining & Quarrying
Other Services
Professional & Scientific Services
Public Administration & Defence
Retail & Wholesale Trade
Transport & Logistics
Utilities

2019 annual wages in Dar Naim, Mauritania · Source: ILO ILOSTAT

Price Comparison vs. US

budget hotel
$22.50Estimated38% cheaper
childcare preschool
$741.39Estimated52% cheaper
eggs dozen
$2.70Estimated44% cheaper
gasoline liter
$0.56Estimated46% cheaper
inexpensive meal
$8.26Estimated61% cheaper
internet 60mbps
$87.21Estimated29% more
luxury hotel
$125.00Estimated74% cheaper
milk liter
$2.09Estimated71% more
monthly pass
$33.02Estimated52% cheaper
rent 1br
$1943.06Estimated7% more
rent 3br
$3724.07Estimated17% more
utilities basic
$93.71Estimated56% cheaper

Visa Information (US passport)

Short-stay entry

visa on arrival

US passport holders can obtain a visa on arrival.

Quick comparison FAQ

Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.

How far does your money go in Dar Naim compared with the US?

Your money goes about 3.7x further in Dar Naim than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate.

What quality-of-life signal do we have for Dar Naim?

The quality-of-life signal for Dar Naim is the World Happiness Report score for Mauritania — 4.5 (ranking #109 globally) in the latest available national data, which gives a rough national-level read for Dar Naim.