The Global Findex Database 2025: Connectivity and Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

Mauritania, 2024

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Reference ID

MRT_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/9nwn-7m62

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

Collection(s)

Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Database

Metadata

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Oct 01, 2025

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Oct 01, 2025

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Greatest financial worry (fin45)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_Mauritania

Overview

Valid: 1000

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 7

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 58

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which of the following financial issues are you MOST worried about? Please choose only one option. Are you most worried about not having enough money…? 1. For your old age 2. For your business 3. For medical costs in case of a serious illness or accident 4.For monthly expenses, such as food, housing, or bills 5. For school or education fees 6. Some other reason

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	For their old age	122	12.2%
2	For their business	88	8.8%
3	For medical costs in case of a serious illness or accident	241	24.1%
4	For monthly expenses, such as food, housing, or bills	409	40.9%
5	For school or education fees	130	13%
6	Some other reason	7	0.7%
7	Don't know	3	0.3%
8	Refused	0	0%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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Notes

Note: "no/dk/r" indicates the response categories: no, dk="don't know" and r="refused" Words in brackets [] indicate local or economy-specific terminology.

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