Mauritania: USD exchange rate

The currency chart for Mauritania shows historical data for the Mauritanian Ouguiyas per USD exchange rate. These are monthly averages and not end-of-month currency values. An increase means depreciation against the USD as one can exchange more Mauritanian Ouguiyas per USD. Depreciation implies that goods from Mauritania become cheaper to export and it becomes cheaper for foreigners to visit Mauritania.

The series for Mauritania are available from September 2004 to September 2018. For that period, the average exchange rate for Mauritania was 291.7098 Mauritanian Ouguiyas per USD with a minimum of 228.993 Mauritanian Ouguiyas per USD in August 2008 and a maximum of 359.8037 Mauritanian Ouguiyas per USD in March 2017. The most recent available data point is 357.05 Mauritanian Ouguiyas per USD, a change of 0.13% from the previous data point of 356.5806 Mauritanian Ouguiyas per USD and a change of 0.35% from a year ago when the level was 355.7883 Mauritanian Ouguiyas per USD.

Currency values in Mauritania and elsewhere have different driving forces over the short-run and the long-run. Countries may have fixed or floating exchange rate regimes or be part of monetary unions. They may experience currency crises. These and other issues are discussed in detail on our Exchange rate page.