Education in Mauritania 784 indicators covering education for Mauritania. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Duration of pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 27th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th 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 Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.62 live births per woman 2024 down 12.1% 11th School enrollment, primary, female 106.9% 2024 up 13.1% 47th School enrollment, primary, male 104.0% 2024 up 11.5% 69th Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 4.7 live births per woman 2023 down 11.7% 11th Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 4.7 live births per woman 2023 down 11.7% 11th Labor force, total 1.25 million 2025 up 34.2% 140th Labor force, female 33.4% 2025 up 0.6% 160th Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 105.4% 2024 up 12.3% 64th Share of children who have completed primary school 51.8% 2025 up 13.1% 156th 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 Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 124,034 number 2020 up 30.7% 102nd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 63,001 number 2020 up 30.8% 102nd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 61,033 number 2020 up 30.6% 102nd School age population, tertiary education, male 205,962 number 2019 up 25.0% 111th School age population, tertiary education, female 200,354 number 2019 up 25.1% 110th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 406,316 number 2019 up 25.1% 111th School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 383,917 number 2019 up 30.1% 99th School age population, upper secondary education, male 139,351 number 2020 up 26.2% 109th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 274,924 number 2020 up 26.4% 109th School age population, upper secondary education, female 135,573 number 2020 up 26.7% 109th School age population, secondary education, male 342,865 number 2020 up 27.1% 105th School age population, lower secondary education, male 203,514 number 2020 up 27.8% 97th School age population, secondary education, both sexes 676,504 number 2020 up 27.4% 105th School age population, secondary education, female 333,639 number 2020 up 27.6% 105th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 401,580 number 2020 up 28.0% 97th School age population, primary education, male 351,933 number 2020 up 30.1% 101st School age population, primary education, both sexes 693,675 number 2020 up 30.1% 99th School age population, lower secondary education, female 198,066 number 2020 up 28.3% 96th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 52,940 number 2020 up 29.1% 106th School age population, primary education, female 341,742 number 2020 up 30.2% 99th School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 107,342 number 2020 up 28.8% 107th School age population, pre-primary education, male 195,175 number 2019 up 30.2% 100th School age population, pre-primary education, female 188,742 number 2019 up 29.9% 99th Official entrance age to upper secondary education 16 years 2020 unchanged 12th Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 13.0% 2024 down 12.0% 99th Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty 7.95 years 2023 down 6.3% 186th 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 Page 1 of 14 Next →