Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, total in Mauritania
Mauritania: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, total was 0.81 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, total in Mauritania, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.81 for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, total in Mauritania peaked at 0.81 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.18, in 1970.
Mauritania ranks 131st of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, total in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.2 | — |
| 1965 | 0.22 | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 0.18 | -18.2% |
| 1975 | 0.26 | +44.4% |
| 1980 | 0.49 | +88.5% |
| 1985 | 0.61 | +24.5% |
| 1990 | 0.54 | -11.5% |
| 1995 | 0.61 | +13.0% |
| 2000 | 0.7 | +14.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8 | +14.3% |
| 2010 | 0.81 | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.21 | 0.2 | 0.22 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.26 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.55 | 0.49 | 0.61 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.575 | 0.54 | 0.61 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.75 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 128 Central African Republic 0.98 compare
- 129 Cote d'Ivoire 0.96 compare
- 130 Cambodia 0.89 compare
- 132 Mali 0.78 compare
- 132 Papua New Guinea 0.78 compare
- 134 Burundi 0.74 compare
More education data for Mauritania
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 446,639 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 5.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0864 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 445,182 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), per capita 0.0861 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 258,591 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.4933 % change on previous year (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 24,560 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 9.78 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, total in Mauritania?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, total in Mauritania was 0.81 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, total recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.81 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, total recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.18 in 1970.
- How does Mauritania rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, total?
- Mauritania ranks 131st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, total rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 15-19, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 15-19.