Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Mauritania
Mauritania: Number of deaths ages 15-19 years was 689 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Mauritania, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Mauritania is 689, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 43.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Mauritania peaked at 689 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 346, in 1999.
Mauritania ranks 81st of 196 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 394 | — |
| 1991 | 384 | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 379 | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 375 | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 369 | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 362 | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 354 | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 348 | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 347 | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 346 | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 347 | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 348 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 348 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 349 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 352 | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 357 | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 364 | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 374 | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 384 | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 398 | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 411 | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 425 | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 439 | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 457 | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 481 | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 506 | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 532 | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 560 | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 588 | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 615 | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 635 | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 650 | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 665 | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 678 | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 689 | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 365.8 | 346 | 394 | 10 |
| 2000s | 362.1 | 347 | 398 | 10 |
| 2010s | 501.4 | 411 | 615 | 10 |
| 2020s | 663.4 | 635 | 689 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
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 number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Mauritania?
- Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Mauritania was 689 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of deaths ages 15-19 years recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 689 in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of deaths ages 15-19 years recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 346 in 1999.
- How does Mauritania rank for number of deaths ages 15-19 years?
- Mauritania ranks 81st out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of deaths ages 15-19 years rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of deaths ages 15-19 years. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of deaths of adolescents ages 15-19 years