Share of primary school teachers who are women in Mauritania
Mauritania: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 41.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Mauritania, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of primary school teachers who are women in Mauritania is 41.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 41 years on record.
The figure is up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Mauritania peaked at 41.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.9%, in 1979.
Mauritania ranks 196th of 212 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.3% | 6.9% | 8.1% | 4 |
| 1980s | 13.5% | 7.6% | 17.7% | 7 |
| 1990s | 19.8% | 16.4% | 25.6% | 8 |
| 2000s | 29.8% | 23.7% | 36.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.2% | 33.4% | 37.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.1% | 35.0% | 41.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More education data for Mauritania
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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 24,560 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.62 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 106.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Mauritania?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Mauritania was 41.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 41.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.9% in 1979.
- How does Mauritania rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Mauritania ranks 196th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary school teachers who are women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.