Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, female (15+ female) in Mauritania
Mauritania: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, female (15+ female) was 1,027 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, female in Mauritania, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, female in Mauritania stood at 1,027. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, female in Mauritania peaked at 1,027 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 286, in 1960.
Mauritania ranks 116th of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, female (15+ female) in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 286 | — |
| 1965 | 324 | +13.3% |
| 1970 | 361 | +11.4% |
| 1975 | 406 | +12.5% |
| 1980 | 460 | +13.3% |
| 1985 | 523 | +13.7% |
| 1990 | 587 | +12.2% |
| 1995 | 668 | +13.8% |
| 2000 | 769 | +15.1% |
| 2005 | 894 | +16.3% |
| 2010 | 1,027 | +14.9% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 1,027 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4,002, 26% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 1,027 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,262, 31% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 305 | 286 | 324 | 2 |
| 1970s | 383.5 | 361 | 406 | 2 |
| 1980s | 491.5 | 460 | 523 | 2 |
| 1990s | 627.5 | 587 | 668 | 2 |
| 2000s | 831.5 | 769 | 894 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1,027 | 1,027 | 1,027 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More education data for Mauritania
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 89.7 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 88.74 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, female in Mauritania?
- Barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, female in Mauritania was 1,027 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, female recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 1,027 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, female recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 286 in 1960.
- How does Mauritania rank for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, female?
- Mauritania ranks 116th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, female rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.6%. 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: Population in thousands, age 15+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population in thousands, age 15+, female is the female population over age 15 in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.