Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Mauritania
Mauritania: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary was 33.9% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Mauritania, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Mauritania stood at 33.9%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 62.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Mauritania peaked at 33.9% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 1960.
Mauritania ranks 9th 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+ with primary in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 10.3% | — |
| 1965 | 11.2% | +8.6% |
| 1970 | 12.0% | +7.2% |
| 1975 | 13.4% | +11.5% |
| 1980 | 14.7% | +9.4% |
| 1985 | 16.0% | +9.0% |
| 1990 | 17.5% | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 19.0% | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 20.9% | +10.1% |
| 2005 | 24.8% | +18.8% |
| 2010 | 33.9% | +36.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.8% | 10.3% | 11.2% | 2 |
| 1970s | 12.7% | 12.0% | 13.4% | 2 |
| 1980s | 15.4% | 14.7% | 16.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 18.2% | 17.5% | 19.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 22.8% | 20.9% | 24.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 33.9% | 33.9% | 33.9% | 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 primary in Mauritania?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Mauritania was 33.9% 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 primary recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 33.9% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 1960.
- How does Mauritania rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary?
- Mauritania ranks 9th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.5%. 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+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary