Cameroon vs Mauritania: Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education

Cameroon
19 years
in 2019
Mauritania
19 years
in 2012
Cameroon rank
6th
Mauritania rank
6th

Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education over time

  • Cameroon
  • Mauritania
05101520199820082019

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 19 years against 19 years in Mauritania, a difference of 0 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 6th and Mauritania ranks 6th of 169 countries.

Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Mauritania Difference Ahead
1990s 19 years 18 years 1 years Cameroon
2000s 19 years 18.2 years 0.8 years Cameroon
2010s 19 years 19 years 0 years

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education, Cameroon or Mauritania?
Cameroon, at 19 years against 19 years in Mauritania as of 2019.
What is the difference in official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education between Cameroon and Mauritania?
0 years, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Mauritania?
15 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2012.
How do Cameroon and Mauritania rank globally for official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education?
Cameroon ranks 6th and Mauritania ranks 6th of 169 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
169 places, 3,190 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Age at which students would enter post-secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.