Inequality in education in Mauritania
Mauritania: Inequality in education was 0.4399 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Inequality in education in Mauritania, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.4399 for inequality in education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inequality in education in Mauritania peaked at 0.4399 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4079, in 2011.
Mauritania ranks 15th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4186 | 0.4079 | 0.4399 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4399 | 0.4399 | 0.4399 | 4 |
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 inequality in education in Mauritania?
- Inequality in education in Mauritania was 0.4399 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest inequality in education recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4399 in 2019.
- What is the lowest inequality in education recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4079 in 2011.
- How does Mauritania rank for inequality in education?
- Mauritania ranks 15th out of 184 countries with data for 2023.
- Is inequality in education rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Inequality in education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of the number of years adults older than 25 participated in formal education.