Mauritania vs Nigeria: country risk compared

Mauritania and Nigeria currently carry a similar assessed risk (7.1 vs 7.0 on the RegActions 0-10 scale), so differentiate on the specific drivers below.

🇲🇷 Mauritania (7.1/10, Very high) vs 🇳🇬 Nigeria (7.0/10, Very high).

Side by side

IndicatorMauritaniaNigeria
RegActions risk score7.1/10 (Very high)7.0/10 (Very high)
FATF statusNot currently listedNot currently listed
Sanctions postureNo listed programme identifiedNo listed programme identified
Governance: rule of law (WGI risk)5.9/106.1/10
Corruption (CPI)30/100 (rank #130)26/100 (rank #142)
EU tax list (Annex I)Not listedNot listed
Egmont FIU memberNoYes
Last FATF mutual evaluation20182021
BO registerNone identifiedPublic (live since 2019)

FATF mutual evaluations

  • Mauritania: last mutual evaluation 2018 · report
  • Nigeria: last mutual evaluation 2021 · report

Full country reports

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Active methodology 3.1.0; Mauritania is complete with low confidence and Nigeria is complete with high confidence. FATF listings and sanctions are shown as regulatory overlays; CPI and enforcement volume are contextual, not score inputs. Scoring methodology.