Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Mauritania
Mauritania: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education was 41.9% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Mauritania, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 41.9% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Mauritania peaked at 70.7% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 41.9%, in 2010.
That places Mauritania 23rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 70.7% | — |
| 1965 | 69.9% | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 69.3% | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 67.7% | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 66.6% | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 65.5% | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 63.2% | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 61.0% | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 57.7% | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 50.9% | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 41.9% | -17.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70.3% | 69.9% | 70.7% | 2 |
| 1970s | 68.5% | 67.7% | 69.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 66.0% | 65.5% | 66.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 62.1% | 61.0% | 63.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 54.3% | 50.9% | 57.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 41.9% | 41.9% | 41.9% | 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+ with no education in Mauritania?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Mauritania was 41.9% 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+ with no education recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 70.7% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.9% in 2010.
- How does Mauritania rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education?
- Mauritania ranks 23rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education