School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mauritania
Mauritania: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.06 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mauritania, 1981–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 1.06 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mauritania peaked at 1.06 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4828 GPI, in 1981.
That places Mauritania 8th out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.4828 GPI | — |
| 1987 | 0.6087 GPI | +26.1% |
| 1988 | 0.6382 GPI | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 0.6417 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.6594 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 0.6852 GPI | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 0.7189 GPI | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 0.7528 GPI | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 0.7765 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 0.7878 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.7969 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.8395 GPI | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 0.9016 GPI | +7.4% |
| 1999 | 0.9216 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.9247 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.918 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9399 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9633 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9781 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 1 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.987 GPI | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 1.01 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 1.01 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 1.01 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.01 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9995 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 1.02 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 1.02 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.02 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.04 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 1.05 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.05 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.06 GPI | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5928 GPI | 0.4828 GPI | 0.6417 GPI | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.784 GPI | 0.6594 GPI | 0.9216 GPI | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.97 GPI | 0.918 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.03 GPI | 0.9995 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More education data for Mauritania
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.39 % change on previous year (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 10,141 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 14,419 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 9,204 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.36 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 15,240 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.81 % change on previous year (2020)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mauritania?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Mauritania was 1.06 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4828 GPI in 1981.
- How does Mauritania rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Mauritania ranks 8th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. 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 secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.