School enrollment, primary, female in Mauritania
Mauritania: School enrollment, primary, female was 80.9% in 2018. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, primary, female in Mauritania, 1994–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % net.
Analysis
In 2018, school enrollment, primary, female in Mauritania stood at 80.9%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, primary, female in Mauritania peaked at 80.9% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 42.5%, in 1994.
Mauritania ranks 137th of 167 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 52.1% | 42.5% | 58.5% | 5 |
| 2000s | 70.1% | 59.1% | 77.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.5% | 73.7% | 80.9% | 8 |
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More education data for Mauritania
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 42.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.4% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 24,560 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 106.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 104.0% (2024)
- Labor force, female 33.4% (2025)
- Labor force, total 1.25 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, primary, female in Mauritania?
- School enrollment, primary, female in Mauritania was 80.9% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 80.9% in 2018.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.5% in 1994.
- How does Mauritania rank for school enrollment, primary, female?
- Mauritania ranks 137th out of 167 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school enrollment, primary, female rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, primary, female (% net). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.