Education in Mauritania

784 indicators covering education for Mauritania.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 28.5% 2019 up 52.9% 173rd
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index 1.05 GPI 2019 up 29.0% 77th
Tertiary education, academic staff 7.4% 2013 up 73.3% 168th
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female 0.3% 2018 134th
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male 0.3% 2018 141st
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
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational pr 0.7% 2019 down 77.2% 177th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocatio 2.4% 2019 down 54.7% 139th
Progression to secondary school, male 67.6% 2017 up 1.7% 150th
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 23,417 number 2019 up 87.1% 141st
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
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroa 4,826 number 2018 up 50.0% 132nd
Literacy rate, youth female 67.0% 2020 up 16.2% 94th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both 28.2% 2019 down 47.7% 24th
Children out of school, primary 291,098 2024 up 64.6% 33rd
Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 4,538 number 2019 up 144.5% 106th
Enrolment in secondary education, female 131,521 number 2019 up 175.6% 122nd
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 11.7% 2019 up 5.7% 135th
Teachers in lower secondary education, female 530 number 2019 up 158.5% 119th
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
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, female 0.7% 2018 106th
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male 0.7% 2018 112th
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education 19 years 2012 up 5.6% 6th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 34.28 2018 down 7.9% 35th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, fema 25.5% 2019 down 52.8% 26th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male 30.8% 2019 down 42.8% 16th
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, female 2.5% 2016 up 141.3% 61st
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, male 2.6% 2016 up 153.6% 71st
Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 4,491 number 2019 up 157.5% 98th
Population, age 0, female 47,584 2015 up 3.9% 106th
Population, age 0, total 98,278 2015 up 4.0% 106th
Population, age 1, female 47,352 2015 up 6.1% 107th
Population, age 1, total 97,783 2015 up 6.3% 107th
Population, age 2, female 47,094 2015 up 8.3% 107th
Population, age 2, total 97,228 2015 up 8.5% 107th
Population, age 3, female 46,805 2015 up 10.5% 107th
Population, age 3, total 96,607 2015 up 10.6% 107th
Population, age 4, female 46,482 2015 up 12.5% 107th
Population, age 4, total 95,914 2015 up 12.6% 107th
Population, age 5, female 46,125 2015 up 14.4% 107th
Population, age 5, total 95,147 2015 up 14.6% 107th
Population, age 6, female 45,727 2015 up 16.3% 108th
Population, age 6, total 94,296 2015 up 16.4% 108th
Population, age 7, female 45,290 2015 up 18.0% 108th
Population, age 7, total 93,363 2015 up 18.1% 108th
Population, age 8, female 44,808 2015 up 19.6% 109th
Population, age 8, total 92,337 2015 up 19.6% 109th
Population, age 9, female 44,278 2015 up 21.0% 109th
Population, age 9, total 91,216 2015 up 21.1% 109th
Population, age 10, female 43,716 2015 up 22.3% 110th
Population, age 10, total 90,026 2015 up 22.3% 110th
Population, age 11, female 43,132 2015 up 23.5% 110th
Population, age 11, total 88,792 2015 up 23.5% 110th