Education in Mauritania 127 indicators covering education for Mauritania. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 355 2024 up 6.0% 79th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 689 2024 up 43.2% 81st Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 689 2024 up 39.5% 92nd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 106.3% 2018 down 7.9% 53rd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 103.9% 2018 down 6.7% 76th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 6.4% 2100 down 25.2% 4th Number of adults with no formal education by region 704,800 people 2100 down 23.9% 31st Population by level of education 3.20 million people 2100 up 16.4% 109th Repeaters, primary, female 1.8% 2018 down 47.0% 95th Repeaters, primary, male 1.6% 2018 down 53.1% 111th School enrollment, secondary, private 26.1% 2020 down 4.0% 48th School enrollment, primary 79.6% 2018 up 9.5% 162nd Trained teachers in primary education 96.9% 2019 down 3.1% 60th Over-age students, primary 20.3% 2018 up 2.1% 20th Secondary education, teachers 11.2% 2020 up 0.5% 192nd School enrollment, primary, female 80.9% 2018 up 8.8% 137th School enrollment, primary, male 78.3% 2018 up 10.2% 145th Over-age students, primary, male 19.3% 2018 down 3.0% 21st Over-age students, primary, female 21.3% 2018 up 7.0% 16th Compulsory education, duration 9 years 2025 unchanged 115th Progression to secondary school 65.6% 2017 up 7.8% 161st Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 80.3% 2018 up 10.0% 162nd Trained teachers in primary education, female 97.3% 2019 down 2.7% 57th Trained teachers in primary education, male 96.6% 2019 down 3.4% 55th Primary education, pupils 50.7% 2018 up 0.8% 8th Tertiary education, academic staff 7.4% 2013 up 73.3% 168th Persistence to grade 5, female 73.3% 2016 up 12.8% 124th Persistence to grade 5, male 68.0% 2016 up 8.7% 128th School enrollment, secondary 31.0% 2018 up 113.2% 144th Preprimary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 10th Progression to secondary school, male 67.6% 2017 up 1.7% 150th School enrollment, secondary, female 31.7% 2018 up 133.2% 138th School enrollment, secondary, male 30.2% 2018 up 96.1% 144th Progression to secondary school, female 63.6% 2017 up 15.9% 151st Expenditure on tertiary education 17.7% 2016 up 6.1% 94th Literacy rate, youth female 67.0% 2020 up 16.2% 94th Children out of school, primary 291,098 2024 up 64.6% 33rd Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 81.4% 2018 up 9.1% 139th Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 79.2% 2018 up 10.9% 146th Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 34.28 2018 down 7.9% 35th Expenditure on secondary education 25.9% 2016 up 1.1% 111th Expenditure on primary education 55.9% 2016 up 31.1% 9th Secondary education, pupils 49.7% 2018 up 7.9% 70th Children out of school, primary, female 43,009 2024 down 51.3% 62nd Children out of school, primary, male 149,176 2024 up 68.7% 37th Trained teachers in secondary education 92.5% 2020 down 7.5% 54th Adolescents out of school 30.3% 2024 down 24.7% 29th Trained teachers in secondary education, female 75.6% 2020 down 24.4% 76th Trained teachers in secondary education, male 94.7% 2020 down 5.3% 46th Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 25.92 2018 down 1.1% 31st Adolescents out of school, female 27.0% 2024 down 35.6% 33rd Adolescents out of school, male 33.6% 2024 down 13.0% 25th Net intake rate in grade 1 36.7% 2018 up 2.4% 115th Trained teachers in lower secondary education 93.0% 2020 down 7.0% 45th Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary 42.95 2013 up 69.6% 5th Net intake rate in grade 1, female 37.1% 2018 up 3.1% 112th Net intake rate in grade 1, male 36.2% 2018 up 1.7% 112th Trained teachers in upper secondary education 92.1% 2020 down 7.9% 45th Trained teachers in lower secondary education, female 84.5% 2020 down 15.5% 56th Trained teachers in lower secondary education, male 94.1% 2020 down 5.9% 40th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →