Lower secondary completion rate, male in Mauritania
Mauritania: Lower secondary completion rate, male was 50.4% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Mauritania, 1978–2020
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2020, lower secondary completion rate, male in Mauritania stood at 50.4%. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 9.8% on the previous year and up 177.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, male in Mauritania peaked at 50.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9.4%, in 1978.
That places Mauritania 151st out of 187 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 9.4% | — |
| 1979 | 10.6% | +12.4% |
| 1980 | 12.2% | +15.4% |
| 1981 | 13.5% | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 16.3% | +20.4% |
| 1991 | 15.4% | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 15.0% | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 15.0% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 15.4% | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 16.2% | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 16.0% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 19.0% | +18.7% |
| 2002 | 18.5% | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 19.0% | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 19.2% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 18.8% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 21.2% | +13.0% |
| 2007 | 18.2% | -14.0% |
| 2009 | 18.2% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 20.4% | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 31.7% | +55.9% |
| 2015 | 33.8% | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 30.5% | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 36.9% | +21.1% |
| 2018 | 39.6% | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 45.9% | +16.1% |
| 2020 | 50.4% | +9.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.0% | 9.4% | 10.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 14.0% | 12.2% | 16.3% | 3 |
| 1990s | 15.5% | 15.0% | 16.2% | 6 |
| 2000s | 19.0% | 18.2% | 21.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 34.1% | 20.4% | 45.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 50.4% | 50.4% | 50.4% | 1 |
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More education data for Mauritania
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 258,591 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.4933 % change on previous year (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 24,560 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 9.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 130,916 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.46 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 127,675 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.5275 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 24,444 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.39 % change on previous year (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, male in Mauritania?
- Lower secondary completion rate, male in Mauritania was 50.4% in 2020, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 50.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.4% in 1978.
- How does Mauritania rank for lower secondary completion rate, male?
- Mauritania ranks 151st out of 187 countries with data for 2020.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, male rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 177.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.