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Secondary school enrollment — Mauritania

Secondary school enrollment in Mauritania in 2020 — 36%. Ranked 144 in the world out of 145. Since 1972, the indicator has risen by 33.1 pp.

2020 36% −1.6 pp vs 2019
World rank 144of 145
Period maximum 37.6%2019
Period minimum 2.9%1972

Trend over time

1972–2020 · % (gross ratio)

Secondary school enrollment — Mauritania, 1972–2020010203040197219771982198719921997200220072012201720201972: 2.9%1981: 10.6%1986: 14.6%1987: 15%1988: 15.1%1989: 14.7%1990: 13.6%1991: 13.4%1992: 13.7%1993: 14.3%1994: 14.7%1995: 15.3%1996: 15.8%1997: 15.7%1998: 16.5%1999: 17.4%2000: 18%2001: 20.5%2002: 20.6%2003: 21.5%2004: 22.1%2005: 22.5%2006: 23.2%2008: 18.6%2009: 20%2010: 20.4%2011: 22.8%2012: 27.1%2013: 30.3%2014: 30.7%2015: 31.2%2016: 32.2%2017: 31.8%2018: 35.5%2019: 37.6%2020: 36%
Change over the period: +33.1 pp Annual average: 0.69 pp

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mauritania

Mauritania 36%
World 76.5%
Sub-Saharan Africa 44.7%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 73.9%
Secondary school enrollment — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2020 36 −1.6 pp
2019 37.6 +2.1 pp
2018 35.5 +3.8 pp
2017 31.8 −0.4 pp
2016 32.2 +1 pp
2015 31.2 +0.5 pp
2014 30.7 +0.4 pp
2013 30.3 +3.2 pp
2012 27.1 +4.3 pp
2011 22.8 +2.3 pp
2010 20.4 +0.4 pp
2009 20 +1.4 pp
2008 18.6 —
2006 23.2 +0.7 pp
2005 22.5 +0.3 pp
2004 22.1 +0.6 pp
2003 21.5 +1 pp
2002 20.6 +0.1 pp
2001 20.5 +2.5 pp
2000 18 +0.6 pp
1999 17.4 +1 pp
1998 16.5 +0.8 pp
1997 15.7 −0.1 pp
1996 15.8 +0.5 pp
1995 15.3 +0.6 pp
1994 14.7 +0.5 pp
1993 14.3 +0.6 pp
1992 13.7 +0.4 pp
1991 13.4 −0.3 pp
1990 13.6 −1 pp
1989 14.7 −0.5 pp
1988 15.1 +0.1 pp
1987 15 +0.4 pp
1986 14.6 —
1981 10.6 —
1972 2.9 —

Western Africa, 2020

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 98.3 GH Ghana 74 SL Sierra Leone 62.6 CI Côte d'Ivoire 55.4 SN Senegal 44.8 NG Nigeria 44.1 BJ Benin 44 BF Burkina Faso 39.3 LR Liberia 37.7 MR Mauritania 36
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About the indicator

The gross secondary enrollment ratio — the ratio of the total number of secondary school pupils, of any age, to the population of the official age for that level. It can exceed 100% when pupils older than the official age are in school — because of repetition or a late start, for example.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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