Education in Mauritania 127 indicators covering education for Mauritania. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 54.4% 2025 up 4.1% 205th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Population ages 0-14 42.4% 2025 down 4.2% 12th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 105.4% 2024 up 12.3% 57th Primary education, teachers 24,560 2024 up 42.6% 115th School enrollment, primary, female 106.9% 2024 up 13.1% 47th School enrollment, primary, male 104.0% 2024 up 11.5% 69th Labor force, total 1.25 million 2025 up 34.2% 140th Labor force, female 33.4% 2025 up 0.6% 160th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.07 GPI 2020 up 2.5% 4th School enrollment, secondary 36.0% 2020 up 76.4% 190th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 7.4 per 1,000 2024 up 1.4% 59th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 6.1 per 1,000 2024 up 1.7% 43rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2.7 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 56th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 4 per 1,000 2024 down 32.2% 41st Secondary education, teachers 9,029 2020 up 139.1% 143rd School enrollment, secondary, female 36.2% 2020 up 97.9% 188th School enrollment, secondary, male 35.9% 2020 up 58.6% 189th School enrollment, tertiary 6.0% 2020 up 27.9% 175th School enrollment, primary, private 13.0% 2024 down 12.0% 96th School enrollment, preprimary 10.5% 2015 up 483.0% 181st School enrollment, tertiary, male 7.7% 2020 up 12.1% 166th School enrollment, tertiary, female 4.4% 2020 up 69.2% 172nd School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.07 GPI 2020 up 25.0% 54th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.566 GPI 2020 up 50.9% 178th Secondary education, teachers, female 1,011 2020 up 140.1% 160th Primary completion rate, female 74.5% 2020 up 9.3% 151st Primary completion rate, male 72.4% 2020 up 7.8% 154th Government expenditure on education, total 7.6% 2024 up 197.5% 11th Secondary education, general pupils 235,653 2018 up 146.8% 126th Lower secondary completion rate, total 49.8% 2020 up 205.9% 152nd Persistence to last grade of primary, total 64.9% 2016 up 19.1% 153rd Government expenditure on education, total 31.9% 2024 up 167.8% 1st Secondary education, general pupils 49.8% 2018 up 7.6% 104th Lower secondary completion rate, female 49.1% 2020 up 242.3% 159th Lower secondary completion rate, male 50.4% 2020 up 177.2% 151st Children out of school 11.3% 2024 down 59.9% 45th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 891,821 2024 up 50.6% 86th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Secondary education, pupils 258,591 2020 up 134.6% 129th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 66.4% 2016 up 21.4% 139th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 63.3% 2016 up 16.7% 135th Secondary education, vocational pupils 1,122 2018 down 64.7% 162nd Number of under-five deaths, male 3,564 2024 down 11.0% 66th Number of under-five deaths, female 2,797 2024 down 12.6% 65th Number of infant deaths, male 2,951 2024 down 7.3% 65th Number of infant deaths, female 2,293 2024 down 8.0% 65th Children out of school, female 10.3% 2024 down 63.0% 57th Children out of school, male 12.2% 2024 down 56.8% 46th Secondary education, vocational pupils 41.3% 2018 up 22.8% 97th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 105.1% 2018 down 7.3% 65th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 10.3% 2025 up 2.1% 38th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 14.7% 2025 up 24.1% 23rd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 8.1% 2025 down 12.1% 49th Primary education, teachers 41.3% 2024 up 14.9% 185th Repeaters, primary, total 1.7% 2018 down 50.1% 107th Persistence to grade 5, total 70.7% 2016 up 10.9% 140th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 689 2024 up 39.5% 92nd Page 1 of 3 Next →