School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Mauritania
Mauritania: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male was 8.79 years in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Mauritania, 1981–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Mauritania is 8.79 years, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Mauritania peaked at 8.79 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.6 years, in 1981.
Mauritania ranks 173rd of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 3.6 years | — |
| 1987 | 4.71 years | +30.9% |
| 1988 | 4.69 years | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 4.58 years | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 4.29 years | -6.4% |
| 1991 | 4.37 years | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 4.65 years | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 5.08 years | +9.4% |
| 1994 | 5.79 years | +13.9% |
| 1995 | 5.92 years | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 6.16 years | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 6.06 years | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 6.29 years | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 6.42 years | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 6.48 years | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 6.64 years | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 6.68 years | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 6.73 years | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 7.19 years | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 7.15 years | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 7.4 years | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 7.04 years | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 7.53 years | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 7.63 years | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 7.67 years | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 8.05 years | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 8.26 years | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 8.35 years | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 8.63 years | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 8.17 years | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 8.11 years | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 8.62 years | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 8.79 years | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.4 years | 3.6 years | 4.71 years | 4 |
| 1990s | 5.5 years | 4.29 years | 6.42 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.98 years | 6.48 years | 7.53 years | 9 |
| 2010s | 8.23 years | 7.63 years | 8.79 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 170 Bahamas 8.89 years compare
- 171 Burkina Faso 8.83 years compare
- 172 Jordan 8.8 years compare
- 174 Tanzania, United Republic of 8.74 years compare
- 175 Honduras 8.62 years compare
- 176 Marshall Islands 8.6 years compare
More education data for Mauritania
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 24,560 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 105.44 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Mauritania?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Mauritania was 8.79 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 8.79 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6 years in 1981.
- How does Mauritania rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male?
- Mauritania ranks 173rd out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.