School enrollment, tertiary, female in Mauritania
Mauritania: School enrollment, tertiary, female was 4.4% in 2020. ◆ Volatile
School enrollment, tertiary, female in Mauritania, 1978–2020
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % gross.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 4.4% for school enrollment, tertiary, female in 2020. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 69.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, tertiary, female in Mauritania peaked at 4.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1978.
That places Mauritania 172nd out of 187 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 1.2% | 2.3% | 8 |
| 2010s | 3.3% | 2.6% | 4.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 4.4% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 1 |
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 school enrollment, tertiary, female in Mauritania?
- School enrollment, tertiary, female in Mauritania was 4.4% in 2020, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, tertiary, female recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 4.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, tertiary, female recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1978.
- How does Mauritania rank for school enrollment, tertiary, female?
- Mauritania ranks 172nd out of 187 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school enrollment, tertiary, female rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.