Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Mauritania
Mauritania: Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity was 0.8774 modelled data in 2025. β² Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Mauritania, 1981β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in modelled data.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Mauritania stood at 0.8774 modelled data. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 39.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Mauritania peaked at 0.8774 modelled data in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.1617 modelled data, in 1981.
Mauritania ranks 141st of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2039 modelled data | 0.1617 modelled data | 0.2352 modelled data | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.2501 modelled data | 0.2256 modelled data | 0.3322 modelled data | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4558 modelled data | 0.3617 modelled data | 0.5049 modelled data | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6207 modelled data | 0.5119 modelled data | 0.7539 modelled data | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8264 modelled data | 0.7801 modelled data | 0.8774 modelled data | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 138 Papua New Guinea 0.9086 modelled data compare
- 139 Ghana 0.9048 modelled data compare
- 140 Yemen 0.8939 modelled data compare
- 142 Central African Republic 0.8721 modelled data compare
- 143 Vanuatu 0.871 modelled data compare
- 144 Tajikistan 0.8685 modelled data compare
More education data for Mauritania
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 24,560 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 42.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0048 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Mauritania?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Mauritania was 0.8774 modelled data in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8774 modelled data in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1617 modelled data in 1981.
- How does Mauritania rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity?
- Mauritania ranks 141st out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (modelled data). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release