How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

10 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2016.

Where does this data come from?

Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mauritania vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary

Mauritania

37.6

in 2018

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

23.02

in 2016

Mauritania rank

4th

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank

7th

Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary over time

Mauritania
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 37.6 against 23.02 in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 14.58.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Mauritania ranks 4th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 7th of 137 countries.

Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	Difference	Ahead
2000s	31.31	26.69	4.62	Mauritania
2010s	49.37	23.49	25.88	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary, Mauritania or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: Mauritania, at 37.6 against 23.02 in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary between Mauritania and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: 14.58, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: 10 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2016.
How do Mauritania and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary?: Mauritania ranks 4th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 7th of 137 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary. 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

Mauritania vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary. Statizoid, drawing on Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/pupil-teacher-ratio-lower-secondary/mauritania/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/

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/pupil-teacher-ratio-lower-secondary/mauritania/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/">Mauritania vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 180 places, 2,795 data points, 1981–2019
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Lower secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in lower secondary school.