School enrollment, tertiary in Mauritania
Mauritania: School enrollment, tertiary was 6.0% in 2020. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, tertiary in Mauritania, 1978–2020
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % gross.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 6.0% for school enrollment, tertiary in 2020. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, tertiary in Mauritania peaked at 6.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1978.
Mauritania ranks 175th of 192 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1 |
| 1980s | 2.8% | 1.8% | 3.1% | 5 |
| 1990s | 3.5% | 2.7% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.5% | 3.1% | 4.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 5.4% | 4.7% | 5.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 6.0% | 6.0% | 6.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More education data for Mauritania
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 42.4% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.4% (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, total 1.25 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 33.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, tertiary in Mauritania?
- School enrollment, tertiary in Mauritania was 6.0% in 2020, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, tertiary recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 6.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, tertiary recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1978.
- How does Mauritania rank for school enrollment, tertiary?
- Mauritania ranks 175th out of 192 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school enrollment, tertiary rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.9%. 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 School enrollment, tertiary (% gross). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.