Who Holds the Record · country brief · data as of 2026-10-01Who holds the health record in Mauritania?
In 2026, Mauritania scores 35 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record: rank 119= of 196 countries (likely range 97 to 159), in the Weak band (25 to 44). Who holds the keys: Institutional. Source: Who Holds the Record, SuperTruth, data as of 2026-10-01.
Mauritania has a 2017 data law and a working regulator that now reviews health platforms, but patients still have no shared record or portal.
Published · updated · data as of 2026-10-01 · research tool, not legal advice
Can I get my health records in Mauritania?
Access to the full record scores 35 of 100 in Mauritania, against a median of 43 across 196 countries. Law 2017-020 gives you a right to a copy of your data, directly or through a doctor you choose. The holder may charge reproduction costs, the law sets no deadline, and no portal shows your record, so 35.
Can I control who sees my health record in Mauritania?
Control and consent scores 30 of 100 in Mauritania, against a median of 30 across 196 countries. Health data processing needs consent, but the law lists care, public health and legal duties as exceptions, and there is no shared record, opt-out or patient-visible access log. Telemedicine is the exception: other doctors need your explicit permission.
Eight rights, against Angola, Burundi, Burkina Faso and the EU
| Patient access to the full record20% | 35 | 35 · 40 · 35 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient control and consent20% | 30 | 30 · 28 · 32 | |
| Privacy and security15% | 52 | 52 · 45 · 48 | |
| Connected care journey15% | 25 | 22 · 30 · 25 | |
| Protection from commercial use10% | 45 | 50 · 40 · 45 | |
| Clinician access at the point of care10% | 20 | 20 · 22 · 20 | |
| Research and trial consent5% | 45 | 50 · 50 · 49 | |
| Clinical AI governance5% | 25 | 28 · 20 · 30 |
Black dot: Mauritania. Hollow dots: Angola, Burundi, Burkina Faso (scores on the right, same order). Grey line: median of all 196 countries. Dashed teal line: EU median. Overall: Mauritania 35, EU median 61. Scores move in steps of about 5; read the rank with its likely range.
What would Mauritania need to change to score higher?
Mauritania sits in Weak (25 to 44); Mixed starts at 45. The two rights furthest below the 196-country median, weighted, are connected care journey (25, median 38) and patient access to the full record (35, median 43). The published rubric reads:
- Connected care journey: Primary care, hospitals, labs, pharmacy, claims and public health linked to one record and used at national scale.
- Patient access to the full record: A national portal showing at least part of the record (summary, prescriptions, labs) to most residents puts access at 60 to 75; a near-full record with export, long history and majority use, 76 to 90.
Which laws give health record rights in Mauritania?
- Law 2017-020 on the protection of personal data (2017): Health data a banned category with exceptions; access and copy rights; APD regulator, fines and criminal penalties.
- Decree 2022-013 on the composition, organisation and functioning of the APD (2022): Sets up the nine-member data protection authority that enforces Law 2017-020.
- Decree 2023-118 on the practice of telemedicine (2023): Consent per act, explicit patient authorisation for sharing, data hosted in Mauritania, platform owners barred from using data.
Strain and split context, not scored
- Doctors per 10,000
- 2.6 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 10,000
- 16.1 2022
- Private insurance + out-of-pocket
- 45.2% 2023
- Record reaches private care?
- unknown
Published stories
- none published in the last two years
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