School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender in Mauritania
Mauritania: School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender was 1.05 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Mauritania, 1995–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 1.05 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Mauritania peaked at 1.05 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8024 GPIA, in 1995.
Mauritania ranks 15th of 200 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.8024 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.9086 GPIA | +13.2% |
| 1999 | 0.9282 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.9272 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.9244 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9408 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 0.96 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9716 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9968 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9883 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9942 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9928 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9806 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.973 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9602 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9723 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9708 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9777 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 1.02 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.04 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9907 GPIA | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 1.03 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 1.05 GPIA | +1.6% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 1.05 GPIA is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9951 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 1.05 GPIA is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9882 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8798 GPIA | 0.8024 GPIA | 0.9282 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.9705 GPIA | 0.9244 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.992 GPIA | 0.9602 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 GPIA | 0.9907 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More education data for Mauritania
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 891,821 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Mauritania?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Mauritania was 1.05 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8024 GPIA in 1995.
- How does Mauritania rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Mauritania ranks 15th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. 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 life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release