No visa needed

Do citizens of Mauritania need a visa for Burkina Faso?

Citizens of Mauritania don’t need a visa for Burkina Faso and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Mauritania: the passport opens 26 countries visa-free; Nouakchott — Ouagadougou: ≈ 1,670 km, about 2.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Burkina Faso without a visa on a Mauritania passport?

Yes, citizens of Mauritania don’t need a visa for Burkina Faso for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Burkina Faso visa rules at a glance

With a Mauritania passport you can visit 26 countries visa-free, 25 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Mauritania passport ranks 157th of 199.
Mauritania passport: visa-free access to 26 countries; Burkina Faso passport: 30.
Citizens of Mauritania and Burkina Faso can travel together visa-free to 21 countries, for example: Senegal, Gambia, Cape Verde, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Niger, Benin, Tunisia, Chad, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Rwanda, and Haiti.
Citizens of Burkina Faso, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Mauritania. Mauritania visa for citizens of Burkina Faso

Travelling to Burkina Faso: good to know

Nouakchott — Ouagadougou: about 1,670 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: West African CFA Franc.
Languages: French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ F CFA 575.
Burkina Faso is the 9th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Mauritania.