School age population, primary education, male in Mauritania
Mauritania: School age population, primary education, male was 351,933 number in 2020. ▲ Rising
School age population, primary education, male in Mauritania, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 351,933 number for school age population, primary education, male in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, primary education, male in Mauritania peaked at 351,933 number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 110,080 number, in 1970.
Mauritania ranks 101st of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 126,906 number | 110,080 number | 144,774 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 146,855 number | 129,538 number | 165,899 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 192,184 number | 170,464 number | 213,794 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 239,067 number | 217,859 number | 264,155 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 304,216 number | 270,550 number | 342,201 number | 10 |
| 2020s | 351,933 number | 351,933 number | 351,933 number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 98 Sweden 364,928 number compare
- 99 Azerbaijan 354,410 number compare
- 100 El Salvador 352,287 number compare
- 102 Greece 319,307 number compare
- 103 Czechia 293,708 number compare
More education data for Mauritania
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 42.4% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.4% (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 school age population, primary education, male in Mauritania?
- School age population, primary education, male in Mauritania was 351,933 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, primary education, male recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 351,933 number in 2020.
- What is the lowest school age population, primary education, male recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 110,080 number in 1970.
- How does Mauritania rank for school age population, primary education, male?
- Mauritania ranks 101st out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, primary education, male rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.1%. 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, primary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.