Malawi vs Mauritania: Over-age students, primary

Malawi
19.3%
in 2018
Mauritania
20.3%
in 2018
Malawi rank
21st
Mauritania rank
20th

Over-age students, primary over time

  • Malawi
  • Mauritania
0102030198520012018

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 20.3% against 19.3% in Malawi, a difference of 1.0%.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Mauritania ahead.

Malawi ranks 21st and Mauritania ranks 20th of 191 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 1 and Mauritania in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Mauritania Difference Ahead
1990s 26.5% 26.6% 0.1% Mauritania
2000s 22.5% 20.8% 1.7% Malawi
2010s 19.4% 21.0% 1.6% Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher over-age students, primary, Malawi or Mauritania?
Mauritania, at 20.3% against 19.3% in Malawi as of 2018.
What is the difference in over-age students, primary between Malawi and Mauritania?
1.0%, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Mauritania?
13 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2018.
How do Malawi and Mauritania rank globally for over-age students, primary?
Malawi ranks 21st and Mauritania ranks 20th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Malawi vs Mauritania: Over-age students, primary. Statizoid, drawing on Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/over-age-students-primary-percent-of-enrollment/malawi/mauritania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/over-age-students-primary-percent-of-enrollment/malawi/mauritania/">Malawi vs Mauritania: Over-age students, primary</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment)
Unit
% of enrollment
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 4,461 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.