Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Mauritania
Mauritania: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary was 78.9% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Mauritania, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Mauritania stood at 78.9%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 60.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Mauritania peaked at 78.9% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 35.6%, in 1960.
Mauritania ranks 3rd of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 35.6% | — |
| 1965 | 36.6% | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 37.9% | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 38.9% | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 39.8% | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 40.7% | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 41.5% | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 43.2% | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 49.2% | +13.8% |
| 2005 | 67.5% | +37.2% |
| 2010 | 78.9% | +16.8% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 78.9% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 33.0%, 2.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 78.9% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28.7%, 2.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36.1% | 35.6% | 36.6% | 2 |
| 1970s | 38.4% | 37.9% | 38.9% | 2 |
| 1980s | 40.3% | 39.8% | 40.7% | 2 |
| 1990s | 42.4% | 41.5% | 43.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 58.4% | 49.2% | 67.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 78.9% | 78.9% | 78.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More education data for Mauritania
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9,029 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 52,338 (2020)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 258,591 (2020)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 891,821 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1725 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 891,821 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Mauritania?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Mauritania was 78.9% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 78.9% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.6% in 1960.
- How does Mauritania rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary?
- Mauritania ranks 3rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.4%. 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: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)