Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary in Mauritania
Mauritania: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary was 15.6% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary in Mauritania, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 15.6% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary in Mauritania peaked at 15.6% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.1%, in 1960.
That places Mauritania 52nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.1% | — |
| 1965 | 4.7% | +12.3% |
| 1970 | 8.7% | +86.5% |
| 1975 | 9.3% | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 10.0% | +7.8% |
| 1985 | 11.4% | +14.5% |
| 1990 | 12.2% | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 12.3% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 12.9% | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 13.3% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 15.6% | +17.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.4% | 4.1% | 4.7% | 2 |
| 1970s | 9.0% | 8.7% | 9.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 10.7% | 10.0% | 11.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 12.3% | 12.2% | 12.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 13.1% | 12.9% | 13.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 15.6% | 15.6% | 15.6% | 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 55-59 with primary in Mauritania?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary in Mauritania was 15.6% 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 55-59 with primary recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 15.6% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.1% in 1960.
- How does Mauritania rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary?
- Mauritania ranks 52nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.9%. 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 55-59 with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Completed Primary