Mauritania — Índice de Viajes Gay 2026

Name: Mauritania — Gay Travel Index 2026
Creator: GayOut
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7/100

Riesgo de pena de muerte #199 of 207

Puntuación = Legal 7/60 + Escena 0/40 = 7/100 · thin scene coverage — legal-weighted provisional score

Updated 15 Oct 2026 · release 2026.3.

A live score, not an annual report — it recomputes as laws, rulings and the scene itself change. See what moved in 2026.

Seguridad legal · Legal milestones · La escena sobre el terreno · Preguntas frecuentes

⚠ Penalizado — Riesgo de pena de muerte

Las relaciones entre personas del mismo sexo están penalizadas o activamente reprimidas aquí. Consulta las advertencias de viaje de tu gobierno antes de cualquier viaje; esta página es informativa, no una recomendación de viajar.

Seguridad legal — 7/60 puntos

Criminalización	Death penalty possible
Unión legal	● No not recognised
Antidiscriminación	● No
Reconocimiento de género	Not possible — no legal gender recognition
Aplicación en la práctica	Active enforcement — arrests and prosecutions continue

Research note: death statute; 2025 kissing-video arrests (76crimes) — GayOut Index 2026.3 legal research (ILGA World / Human Dignity Trust / Rainbow Europe / Equaldex).

Legal composite, five components

Fulfilment per component (100 = maximum). Weights: criminalisation 35% · partnership 20% · enforcement 20% · anti-discrimination 15% · gender recognition 10%.

Legal milestones

Background, not travel advice — how the current status came to be. For planning a trip, rely on the current score, tier and scene sections above; 2026 movements are tracked in the sourced change log.

1983A Sharia-based criminal code imposed the death penalty by stoning for sexual acts between Muslim men. ↗
1986The last recorded execution for homosexuality took place; no executions have been documented since. ↗
2021The government confirmed an unofficial moratorium on death sentences for same-sex activity, though imprisonment continued. ↗
2025Two men were arrested after a video of them kissing circulated on social media. ↗
TodaySame-sex activity remained criminalised with the death penalty on the books, unenforced but backed by prison terms and fines. ↗

Sources: ILGA World · Human Dignity Trust · Equaldex. Each milestone links to a reference source ↗.

La escena sobre el terreno — 0/40 puntos

Locales LGBTQ+ listados

Bares gay

Saunas gay

Ciudades con escena

Marchas del Orgullo

Festivales de cine queer

Detailed scene metrics (for researchers)

Bares gay por millón	—
Saunas por millón	—
Eventos por millón	—
Grado de cobertura	—
Puntuación de escena	0/40 (índice bruto de escena 0/100)

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Es Mauritania un destino seguro para viajeros gays?

Mauritania is rated Death-penalty risk on the GayOut Gay Travel Index 2026: same-sex intimacy is criminalized and can carry the death penalty. Its legal safety component is 7/60. On enforcement reality, arrests and prosecutions continue.

¿Es legal el matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo en Mauritania?

No. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Mauritania. Overall legal status: Death penalty possible.

¿Hay ambiente gay en Mauritania?

GayOut currently lists no LGBTQ+ venues in Mauritania, so any gay scene is limited, informal or not publicly documented.