School age population, post-secondary … post-secondary female in Mauritania
Mauritania: School age population, post-secondary … post-secondary female was 70,641 number in 2012. ▲ Rising
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in Mauritania, 1998–2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 70,641 number for school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in 2012. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 146.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in Mauritania peaked at 70,641 number in 2012 and was at its lowest, 25,626 number, in 1998.
Mauritania ranks 78th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
School age population, post-secondary … post-secondary female in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 25,626 number | — |
| 1999 | 26,308 number | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 27,061 number | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 27,886 number | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 28,677 number | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 59,958 number | +109.1% |
| 2004 | 59,827 number | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 61,618 number | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 63,466 number | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 65,215 number | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 65,142 number | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 66,689 number | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 68,020 number | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 69,300 number | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 70,641 number | +1.9% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 70,641 number is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 156,006 number, 45% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 70,641 number is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 205,333 number, 34% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School age population, post-secondary … post-secondary female in Mauritania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +109.1% | 28,677 number | 59,958 number |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25,967 number | 25,626 number | 26,308 number | 2 |
| 2000s | 52,554 number | 27,061 number | 66,689 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 69,320 number | 68,020 number | 70,641 number | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 75 Papua New Guinea 85,183 number
- 76 Tajikistan 84,845 number compare
- 77 Gambia 71,608 number compare
- 79 Panama 69,478 number compare
- 80 Denmark 68,378 number compare
- 81 Serbia 66,863 number
More education data for Mauritania
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 89.7 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 88.74 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9,029 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 52,338 (2020)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 258,591 (2020)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 891,821 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1725 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in Mauritania?
- School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in Mauritania was 70,641 number in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 70,641 number in 2012.
- What is the lowest school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,626 number in 1998.
- How does Mauritania rank for school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female?
- Mauritania ranks 78th out of 164 countries with data for 2012.
- Is school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 146.3%. 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 School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to post-secondary non-tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.