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Mauritania

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Professional Accountancy Organisations

Accountancy bodies (PAOs) and their IFAC membership, by country

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IFAC associate

Ordre des Experts (Mauritanie) (ONECCA)

IFAC associate · Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) · Founded 2005

Accountant & Auditor Salaries

Gross annual pay of accountants and external auditors, in US dollars (2026)

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$7,500–20,000

Accountant: $14,430 a year

  • Accountant: $14,430 a year (modelled estimate)
  • External auditor: $19,890 a year (modelled estimate)
  • Average for all jobs: $19,500 a year

Modelled values use global occupational multipliers; use as directional estimates.

Gross pay in nominal US dollars (2026), not adjusted for living costs.

Country Challenges

The main challenge for accounting and audit in each country, from public evidence (2026)

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Standards & reporting

Standards implementation

  • Evidence: Historical evidence — an older finding; it may no longer hold
  • Scope: Accounting and audit

The World Bank identifies departures from IFRS and weak professional enforcement of accounting and auditing standards.

Source: Document of (institutional report or research)

GDP per Capita

GDP per capita (current US$), 2025 — World Bank Open Data

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Lower-middle · $1,146–4,515

$2,198

GDP per capita (current US$), 2025 · Lower-middle · $1,146–4,515

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