Schengen visa applications filed in Mauritania

25,265 applications · 42.3% refused · 2025

In 2025, 25,265 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Mauritania. 42.3% of them were refused.

These are the consulates located in Mauritania, so the figures cover everyone who applied there — residents of any nationality. The data says nothing about applicants' passports.

Applications
25,265
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
14,570
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
42.3%
10,695 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
54.5%
7,936 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
3
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
3
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Mauritania, 2025

3 consulate posts run by 3 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateSpain
CityNouakchott
Applications18,306
Issued10,165
Multiple-entry5,113
Refused44.5%
Schengen stateFrance
CityNouakchott
Applications5,148
Issued3,483
Multiple-entry2,118
Refused32.3%
Schengen stateGermany
CityNouakchott
Applications1,811
Issued922
Multiple-entry705
Refused49.1%

Applications filed in Mauritania over time

Every year the European Commission has published, 2009–2025.

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications25,265
Issued14,570
Refused42.3%
Year2024
Applications23,596
Issued15,242
Refused35.4%
Year2023
Applications23,253
Issued14,300
Refused38.5%
Year2022
Applications21,399
Issued14,235
Refused33.5%
Year2021
Applications12,552
Issued9,297
Refused25.9%
Year2020
Applications7,147
Issued5,295
Refused25.9%
Year2019
Applications19,489
Issued14,815
Refused24.0%
Year2018
Applications15,684
Issued11,817
Refused24.7%
Year2017
Applications15,321
Issued12,280
Refused19.8%
Year2016
Applications12,736
Issued10,346
Refused18.8%
Year2015
Applications12,352
Issued9,921
Refused19.7%
Year2014
Applications11,573
Issued9,139
Refused21.0%
Year2013
Applications10,425
Issued8,319
Refused20.2%
Year2012
Applications9,652
Issued7,898
Refused18.2%
Year2011
Applications9,308
Issued7,815
Refused16.0%
Year2010
Applications9,811
Issued8,370
Refused14.7%
Year2009
Applications6,311
Issued4,708
Refused25.4%

What these numbers show — and what they do not

The European Commission publishes one row per consulate: the Schengen state that runs it, the country and city it sits in, and how many uniform short-stay (type C) visas were applied for, issued and refused there in a calendar year.

The country dimension is where an application was filed, which is roughly where the applicant lives. It is not the applicant's nationality — the dataset contains no nationality information at all. So these figures cannot say how often citizens of a given country are refused, and they cannot predict how any individual application will be decided.

Read the Commission's methodology note

Questions about this data

No. These are applications filed at consulates in Mauritania, by residents of any nationality. The European Commission's data does not record what passport applicants hold, so it cannot say anything about the refusal rate for a particular nationality.

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Data: European Commission, DG Migration and Home Affairs — short-stay visas issued by the Schengen countries. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU. Figures are consulate aggregates for a completed calendar year and are not a guide to individual applications.