Primary completion rate, total in Mauritania
Mauritania: Primary completion rate, total was 73.4% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Mauritania, 1976–2020
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2020, primary completion rate, total in Mauritania stood at 73.4%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.6% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Mauritania peaked at 73.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10.8%, in 1976.
Mauritania ranks 154th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.5% | 10.8% | 16.2% | 4 |
| 1980s | 30.5% | 19.2% | 38.9% | 8 |
| 1990s | 35.2% | 29.1% | 45.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.4% | 41.0% | 67.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 67.9% | 64.7% | 70.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 73.4% | 73.4% | 73.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More aid effectiveness data for Mauritania
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 11,751 current US$ (2014)
- Net ODA received per capita 83.52 current US$ (2023)
- Net official development assistance received 419.49 million constant 2023 US$ (2023)
- Net ODA received 3.9% (2023)
- Net ODA received 8.8% (2023)
- Net official development assistance received 419.49 million current US$ (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received 419.49 million constant 2023 US$ (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received 419.49 million current US$ (2023)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP 3.24 million current US$ (2022)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNICEF 2.86 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Mauritania?
- Primary completion rate, total in Mauritania was 73.4% in 2020, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 73.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.8% in 1976.
- How does Mauritania rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Mauritania ranks 154th out of 189 countries with data for 2020.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.