Mauritania vs WB: Africa Eastern and Southern: Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity

Mauritania
0.566 GPIA
in 2020
WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
0.8621 GPIA
in 2021
Mauritania rank
180th
WB: Africa Eastern and Southern rank
177th

Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity over time

  • Mauritania
  • WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
0.20.40.60.8197019952021

How they compare

WB: Africa Eastern and Southern currently reports 0.8621 GPIA against 0.566 GPIA in Mauritania, a difference of 0.2961 GPIA.

That makes WB: Africa Eastern and Southern's figure about 1.5 times Mauritania's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, WB: Africa Eastern and Southern has been ahead every year.

Mauritania ranks 180th and WB: Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 177th of 189 countries.

WB: Africa Eastern and Southern has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania WB: Africa Eastern and Southern Difference Ahead
1970s 0.1066 GPIA 0.7021 GPIA 0.5955 GPIA WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
1980s 0.1488 GPIA 0.6751 GPIA 0.5263 GPIA WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
1990s 0.1872 GPIA 0.7142 GPIA 0.5269 GPIA WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
2000s 0.3098 GPIA 0.7902 GPIA 0.4803 GPIA WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
2010s 0.4356 GPIA 0.8117 GPIA 0.3761 GPIA WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
2020s 0.566 GPIA 0.8601 GPIA 0.2941 GPIA WB: Africa Eastern and Southern

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity, Mauritania or WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
WB: Africa Eastern and Southern, at 0.8621 GPIA against 0.566 GPIA in Mauritania as of 2021.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity between Mauritania and WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
0.2961 GPIA, with WB: Africa Eastern and Southern ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
31 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2020.
How do Mauritania and WB: Africa Eastern and Southern rank globally for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity?
Mauritania ranks 180th and WB: Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 177th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
410 places, 14,225 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release