Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total in Mauritania
Mauritania: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total was 4.07 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 40-44, 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 total schooling, age 40-44, total in Mauritania is 4.07, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 48.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total in Mauritania peaked at 4.07 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.43, in 1960.
That places Mauritania 126th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.43 | — |
| 1965 | 1.45 | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 1.62 | +11.7% |
| 1975 | 1.65 | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 1.74 | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 1.77 | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 2.1 | +18.6% |
| 1995 | 2.12 | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 2.75 | +29.7% |
| 2005 | 3.13 | +13.8% |
| 2010 | 4.07 | +30.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.44 | 1.43 | 1.45 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.64 | 1.62 | 1.65 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.75 | 1.74 | 1.77 | 2 |
| 1990s | 2.11 | 2.1 | 2.12 | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.94 | 2.75 | 3.13 | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.07 | 4.07 | 4.07 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 123 Guatemala 4.38 compare
- 124 Côte d'Ivoire 4.3 compare
- 125 Central African Republic 4.12 compare
- 127 Malawi 4.03 compare
- 128 Bangladesh 3.97 compare
- 129 Sudan 3.9 compare
More education data for Mauritania
- 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)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 130,916 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.46 % change on previous year (2020)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total in Mauritania?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total in Mauritania was 4.07 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 4.07 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.43 in 1960.
- How does Mauritania rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total?
- Mauritania ranks 126th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 40-44, total rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.0%. 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 total schooling, age 40-44, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 40-44, total is the average years of education completed among people age 40-44.