Afghanistan vs Mauritania: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general
Afghanistan
99.7%
in 2023
Mauritania
99.8%
in 2020
Afghanistan rank
46th
Mauritania rank
44th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general over time
- Afghanistan
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 99.8% against 99.7% in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 46th and Mauritania ranks 44th of 219 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 96.0% | 82.0% | 14.0% | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 98.9% | 93.6% | 5.3% | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 100.0% | 95.8% | 4.2% | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 99.3% | 97.2% | 2.1% | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 99.1% | 99.0% | 0.1% | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general, Afghanistan or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 99.8% against 99.7% in Afghanistan as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general between Afghanistan and Mauritania?
- 0.1%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Mauritania?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2018.
- How do Afghanistan and Mauritania rank globally for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Afghanistan ranks 46th and Mauritania ranks 44th of 219 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release