Mauritania vs WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, secondary, female

Mauritania
2.6 years
in 2020
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2.71 years
in 2024
Mauritania rank
192nd
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank
194th

School life expectancy, secondary, female over time

  • Mauritania
  • WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
0.511.522.5197019972024

How they compare

WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) currently reports 2.71 years against 2.6 years in Mauritania, a difference of 0.11 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1981 it was WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.

Mauritania ranks 192nd and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 194th of 213 countries.

WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) Difference Ahead
1980s 0.4622 years 1.12 years 0.6561 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
1990s 0.6422 years 1.29 years 0.6491 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2000s 1.19 years 1.61 years 0.4163 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2010s 2.02 years 2.37 years 0.3498 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2020s 2.6 years 2.61 years 0.0134 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, female, Mauritania or WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), at 2.71 years against 2.6 years in Mauritania as of 2024.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, female between Mauritania and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
0.11 years, with WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
34 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2020.
How do Mauritania and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
Mauritania ranks 192nd and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 194th of 213 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, secondary, female (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
434 places, 15,675 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release