What is the minimum marriage age in Mauritania?
18+
Minimum marriage age: 18.
Mauritania is one of 184 countries classified “18+” for the minimum marriage age — 97% of the 189 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Marriageable age
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Senegal
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 18.
- Guinea-Bissau
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 18.
- Mali
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 18.
- Guinea
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 21.
- Sierra Leone
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 18.
- Morocco
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 18.
Other laws in Mauritania
- Same-Sex Activity
- Death penalty possible
- Sex Work
- Illegal
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