Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Mauritania
Mauritania: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total was 0.86 in 2010. ◆ Volatile
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Mauritania, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Mauritania is 0.86, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Mauritania peaked at 0.86 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.07, in 1960.
That places Mauritania 134th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.07 | — |
| 1965 | 0.09 | +28.6% |
| 1970 | 0.11 | +22.2% |
| 1975 | 0.16 | +45.5% |
| 1980 | 0.27 | +68.8% |
| 1985 | 0.35 | +29.6% |
| 1990 | 0.46 | +31.4% |
| 1995 | 0.56 | +21.7% |
| 2000 | 0.67 | +19.6% |
| 2005 | 0.77 | +14.9% |
| 2010 | 0.86 | +11.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.135 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.31 | 0.27 | 0.35 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.51 | 0.46 | 0.56 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.72 | 0.67 | 0.77 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More education data for Mauritania
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 127,675 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.5275 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 24,444 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.39 % change on previous year (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 10,141 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 14,419 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 9,204 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.36 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 15,240 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.81 % change on previous year (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Mauritania?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total in Mauritania was 0.86 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+, total recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.86 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.07 in 1960.
- How does Mauritania rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Mauritania ranks 134th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Average years of secondary schooling, 15+, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people over age 15.